WATCH: Suspect in teacher’s disappearance previously arrested for sexual assault
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey says the suspect believed to be responsible for the kidnapping and subsequent murder of St Catherine teacher Danielle Anglin was arrested back in 2015 on sexual assault charges.
“I want to point out that this specific suspect was arrested and charged sometime in about 2015 for sexual offences. He was also convicted in Antigua for sexual offences and deported to Jamaica,” Bailey said, noting that the suspect has already given a statement professing his involvement in the crime.
Anglin, who worked at St Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St Andrew and lived in the Hellshire area of Portmore, St Catherine, was last seen at about 5:50 am on Monday, May 13 while on her way to work.
Skeletal remains, believed to be those of the missing teacher, were found in Salt River, Clarendon on Monday afternoon.
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Police say their investigations so far indicate that the suspect is employed through a rideshare service and was believed to have picked up the deceased on the day of her disappearance. According to Bailey, detectives were able to identify the specific route travelled by the suspect through the help of Jamaica Eye and believe Anglin was taken to the area where her remains were discovered and killed.
Lamenting that the police do not have any local-based association or organisation through which to establish a line of communication with rideshare companies, Bailey said he will be working to ensure there is more structure in dealing with these organisations.
Bailey said the lack of communication between the police and rideshare companies “poses a serious challenge to our investigative efforts.”
Bailey said he is convinced the suspect in custody is the correct person responsible for Anglin’s death and expects charges to be laid momentarily. He shared that the motor vehicle driven by the suspect on the day in question was processed by the police, and investigators are now awaiting results from the lab.
