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Adriana’s funeral on hold, family wants new autopsy
…complains that Govt. slow in responding to requests
By: Davina Bagot
Kaieteur News- The funeral of 11-year-old Adriana Younge has been put on hold as relatives of the dead child are seeking a second autopsy.
A source close to the child’s family confirmed this information with Kaieteur News on Friday evening.
According to documents seen by this newspaper, the family’s Lawyer, Darren Wade officially wrote to Chairman of the Medical Council of Guyana, Dr. Navindranauth Rambarran on May 1, 2025 seeking permission for renowned pathologist, Dr. Hubert Daisley of Trinidad and Tobago to perform the second Post Mortem Examination (PME) on the child.
Grieving family members of dead Adriana Younge awaiting the Post Mortem results outside the hospital’s morgue on Monday
Meanwhile, in another letter to the Medical Council on May 2, Wade explained, “The family is seeking this examination for closure and to grieve in peace. They are committed to ensuring that no stone is left unturned in understanding the circumstances surrounding their loved one’s death.”
He pointed out that licences have previously been issued under similar circumstances even without a formal application and there are precedents for the organization expediting the issuance of such licences.
The family was hopeful of conducting the second PME before May 5, when Adriana was initially to be laid to rest but with no response up to press time, Wade notified the Medical Council that he is prepared to institute legal proceedings against the body today (Saturday).
Family members have since raised concerns over the Medical Council’s reluctance to grant approval for the second autopsy to be conducted on the child’s body.
In the meantime, Amecia Simon, the grieving mother of Adriana Younge confirmed with this publication that the child’s funeral has been postponed. She added that relatives are yet to receive a copy of the initial autopsy report.
“For right now, it [funeral] is on hold,” Simon told Kaieteur News.
Adriana’s PME was conducted on April 28 by a three-member pathology team. The specialists included Dr. Shubhakar Karra Paul from Barbados Dr. Gary Collins, Chief Medical Examiner of Delaware, United States of America and Dr. Glenn Rudner of Mount Sinai Hospital.
Independent investigation
Meanwhile, Wade in another letter to President Irfaan Ali, also dated May 2, 2025 reminded the Head of State of his commitment to the child’s family for a thorough investigation.
The Lawyer reminded the President that in two separate statements dated April 24 and April 25, the mother of the deceased also made this appeal which was widely circulated in the media.
To this end, he explained, “Despite these several pleadings by the family you have failed and/or neglected to invite any of these agencies, as a result I am instructed by my client as I hereby do, to remind you of a promise of a thorough investigation, one of which the Guyana Police Force lacks the necessary competence and creditability to provide and to invite the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Scotland Yard, or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to investigate the matter.”
Wade in his appeal to the President urged that this step is critical not only for the integrity of the investigation, but also to provide the family with the necessary closure.
PME findings
Following a four-hour long autopsy at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Adriana’s body, her father Subryan Younge told reporters that pathologists concluded that the child drown.
At a subsequent press briefing, Darren Wade told the media that no bones were discovered broken in the child’s body. Meanwhile, when asked about the possibility of Adriana drowning somewhere else, he said no determination was made in that regard.
He also explained that the team found that the discoloration on Adriana’s skin was consistent with water damage.
While there were reports of cotton wool being observed in the child’s nostrils, after her lifeless body was pulled from the pool, the lawyer said pathologists made no such discovery when the body was examined.
See the link below for more findings on Adriana’s initial autopsy. https://kaieteurnewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29/adriana-drowned-autopsy-reveals/
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The Govt. provided 2 renowned doctors in the field of autopsy and the family
requested a specific doctor, in the field also to oversee the examination.
Any further “autopsy” of the now decomposing corpse of their child should
be borne by themselves, no ands, ifs and buts.
The samples sent for testing, the results will be forthcoming.
I feel sympathy for the loss of this murdered child, her parents new request.
And the investigations continue by our very own Keystone Kops of Guyana.
I am not aware of any recent developments regarding a person named Adriana whose funeral is on hold due to a family’s request for a new autopsy.