Canadian investigator praises police work in probe into Adriana Younge’s death

SEE BELOW FOR A STATEMENT FROM THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE:

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬 ‘𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤’ 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞
— 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟏-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞

Mr. Leonard McCoshen, the distinguished (retired) Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigator who came to Guyana to investigate the death of eleven-year-old Adriana Younge, has praised the “quality of Police work done by the Guyana Police Force”.

In a report submitted by Mr McCoshen, he pointed out that for the purpose of his investigation, he was given over four hundred (400) pages of documents and a quantity of digital forensic evidence, in various formats.

McCoshen revealed that after reviewing all of the material, “it is very apparent to me that members who investigated this incident took the utmost time and considerable effort to speak to any and all persons that had any information to provide, relative to the incident.”

“The facts surrounding a great deal of care in documenting the movement of the body of Adriana Younge, after she was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital is exceptional and something that I have not seen before,” he added.

He stated that upon completion of his work, he can say that “the statements that were taken are reasonably well detailed”.

McCoshen said it was also apparent that as new investigative information was gathered, further clarifying statements were obtained from witnesses or other people to ensure the accuracy and validity of the investigative file.

“Overall, it is my opinion that the members of the Guyana Police Force that conducted this investigation, after the initial response, did an exemplary job and should be commended for their effort and diligence under very trying circumstances. They spoke to all of the witnesses who would cooperate with them and gathered all of the relevant information that was possible. They also made extensive efforts to speak with those witnesses who were not forthcoming,” he stated.

According to McCoshen, if a thorough search had been done of the pool by properly trained and properly equipped people at the onset, “this investigation would have very likely not garnered the international attention and political pressure that it finds itself in today”.

** 𝐍𝐎 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐋 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 ‘𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬’ 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:

“After spending a considerable amount of time reviewing all of the evidence and information that has been provided to me, it is my belief that there is no evidence of foul play in this matter by persons named or unnamed in the investigational information that I was provided.

This belief is based:
a. on the video evidence from Lot 7 Tuschen Public Road that no person(s), including Adrianna Younge, were seen leaving, under other than normal circumstances from the area of the Double Day Hotel from the time she arrived until the time that she was noticed to be missing;

b. none of the persons present at the Double Day Hotel saw or recorded in any format, any evidence that Adrianna Younge either left or was taken from the pool area;

c. there was no evidence of foul play, by any persons, named or unnamed found during any of the medical procedures that were done on the body of Adrianna Younge. This included but was not limited to the physical examination of her body by several doctors, an extensive battery of X-Rays and a CT scan. 𝑶𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝑪𝑴𝑷 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 (3) 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆.

d. There was no evidence of foul play, by any persons, named or unnamed at any time during the course of this investigation. There is concrete video evidence and no evidence by any people who were interviewed that Bhojnarine Bhola was at the Double Day Hotel during the time that Adrianna Younge was known to be there and be alive on April 23, 2025.”

It is apt to note that Mr. Mc Coshen has over 30 years of experience as an investigator of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He had spent 20 of those years attached to the Serious Crimes Branch (SCB) in the Major Crimes Unit (MCU), with the mandate to investigate serious, complex and sensitive matters, mainly homicides and deaths where foul play was suspected.