Deputy commissioner of police in charge of the crime portfolio Fitz Bailey on Monday said forensic tests have confirmed that the skeletal remains found on Monday, June 3 in Salt River, Clarendon, are definitely those of educator Danielle Anglin who disappeared after leaving her Hellshire Park home in St Catherine on Monday, May 13, when she boarded.

Bailey said the police on Wednesday, July 10 charged convicted sex offender, 45-year-old taxi operator Lascelles Morgan from Willowdene, St Catherine, for murder and kidnapping with respect to Anglin who was a teacher at St Peter Claver Primary and Infant School in St Andrew.

A court date has, however, not yet been finalised for Morgan who has admitted to his involvement in her disappearance.

DCP Bailey — on June 4 after news emerged that investigations had led cops to skeletal remains in Salt River, just over 23 miles from Anglin’s home — had told the Jamaica Observer that while the police were awaiting forensic data to verify the body, “given the weight of the evidence collected thus far” and a statement from the convicted felon “admitting his involvement”, cops are certain that he is the man who committed the crime.

According to Bailey, the driver, who had been arrested and charged in 2015 by the police for sexual offences, was also convicted in Antigua for sexual offences and deported to Jamaica.

Bailey also said that investigators believe the 29-year-old educator “was killed the same day she disappeared”, solving the mystery of what happened after she left her house for work on the day in question.

“We have identified that she was picked up by the suspect. I can also say that with the help of JamaicaEye we were able to identify a specific route which the motor car that she was in travelled. We were able to identify some special items through the JamaicaEye system, so we believe that she was taken to the location and, based on the analysis that was done by the Communication Forensics and Cybercrime Division (CFCD), we believe that she was taken to that specific location and killed,” Bailey said at the time.

He told the Observer that an investigative team comprising CFCD, members of the St Catherine South Criminal Investigations Branch, and the Scenes of Crime and Criminal Investigations Branch visited Anglin’s community and school to conduct interviews. The senior cop said investigators utilised available technologies and forensic capabilities, which allowed for identification of a number of vehicles that were assessed and analysed and a vehicle of interest was thereafter identified.

“The driver of the vehicle was subsequently identified and taken into custody following investigations. Again, with the use of technologies, we were able to identify a location in Salt River, Clarendon, as the last identifiable location where Miss Anglin was held. As a direct result, a number of searches were done within sections of St Catherine and Clarendon,” Bailey said.

Anglin, a graduate of St Joseph’s Teachers’ College and Excelsior High, was last seen about 5:50 am on Monday, May 13, 2024 while on her way to work.