The final autopsy report into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Sueria Younge has found no evidence to support claims that the child was removed from a hotel pool and placed there after death.
The report, compiled by a team of three medical professionals and marked confidential, confirms that the cause of death was drowning, and that the young girl showed no signs of trauma or foul play. Adriana was found unresponsive in the pool of a hotel on the East Bank of Essequibo on the morning of April 24, 2025, a day after she was last seen alive.
The examination was conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital and involved extensive external and internal inspections, postmortem imaging including CT scans and X-rays, toxicology, and DNA analysis.
Crucially, the report notes:
“There is no external or internal evidence of acute traumatic injury… No evidence of strangulation. No evidence of anogenital trauma. Clothing was appropriately positioned… Skin is intact and free of antemortem injuries.”
A key detail supporting the conclusion that Adriana was not moved after death is the presence of a distinct patterned imprint on her right forearm, matching the design of a VIP wristband she was wearing. The report states this pattern likely formed from the band pressing against her skin during prolonged submersion in water — a mark that experts say could not have occurred if the child’s body had been removed and placed back posthumously.
Toxicology revealed the presence of ethanol in her system, but forensic experts clarified that the level detected in the blood and stomach fluid is consistent with postmortem decomposition, not with alcohol consumption.
The DNA analysis also returned no foreign profiles. “No molecular evidence of sexual assault,” the report adds, quelling earlier speculation about foul play.
The findings bring a measure of clarity to a deeply emotional case, although questions may still remain about supervision and safety measures at the hotel pool. Nonetheless, based on the current forensic evidence, there is no indication that Adriana’s body was manipulated after death or that any person played a role in her tragic drowning.
Investigations remain ongoing, particularly from a procedural and accountability standpoint, but the medical conclusion is unequivocal — Adriana Younge died from drowning, and there is no evidence she was removed from the pool and placed there afterward.
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