NASSAU, Bahamas – After two months of proclaiming innocence in the abduction of his 4-year-old child, a Bahamian man led police to the toddler’s skeletal remains hidden in bushes near his government job, police said.
No charges have yet been filed against the 28-year-old father, Garth Rolle, for the disappearance or death of his son, Ackeim, police said Tuesday.
“He is still in custody assisting us with the investigation,” police Superintendent Hulan Hanna said.
Rolle led police Monday to the child’s remains across the street from where he works as a mechanic for the Ministry of Works, police said.
Forensic experts were examining the bones, which were clad in the tan-colored shorts, green plaid shirt and tan boots the boy was reportedly wearing when he disappeared.
Ackeim went missing July 10, the day this former British colony celebrates independence. Since then, police said Rolle had been working with them to solve the case.
At a news conference in July, Rolle told reporters: “I could never do anything bad to my son. I love my child.” He pleaded with Bahamians to help him find the child.
Rolle told police earlier he was driving with Ackeim in the car when it stalled in front of a school in southern Nassau. He said he left the child in the car while he went for help, and when he returned minutes later, Ackeim was gone.
The child’s mother, Shaquel Strachan, said in July she believed Rolle knew the child’s whereabouts.
