Sources yesterday told the Chronicle that while the Police have no positive lead, there are indications that a few areas will need closer examination.

Bell was reportedly abducted on Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market, where he had gone to see a female friend home.

Following his abduction, Bell’s captors made contact with his relatives by telephone and demanded a $10M ransom.

The teenager’s father, Ferguson Bell, who has a mining operation in the interior, travelled to the city on hearing the news, and managed to obtain a portion of the requested sum.

On the instruction of the abductors, a relative drove to a certain location on Monday evening and left the ransom money along with the car and keys.

Later the said night, the body with the lad’s mouth gagged, was discovered.

A black suitcase was found atop the body, which bore marks of violence. A pair of `Nike’ sneakers was nearby.

Relatives later identified the body as that of Roy Joshua Bell.

The murdered lad leaves to mourn his parents, two brothers and a sister.

The abduction of young Bell was the third kidnapping within days.