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Trinidad Express Report: 78 children still missing in T&T
Rasheed Junior Baksh
Rasheed Junior Baksh has not been seen or heard from for more than a month, and the family is worried. The 22-year-old Cunupia man walked out of his father's home at Ramgoolie Main Trace, Chin Chin Road after a dispute. Baksh's mother Taramatie Harrypersad yesterday called on the public to help her find her only son. "He lived with his father but sometimes he would stay with me, but he has not contacted me in over a month."
She said not even his friends or other relatives have seen or heard from him. "This is the first time that he has done this. I just want to know that he is okay," she said. Harrypersad said her son drives a burgundy coloured Toyota car, registration PBK 6157. "I went to the Cunupia Police Station and they took a report. If anyone knows where he is or have seen him just call the Cunupia Police Station so that I can know that he is okay," she said. The Cunupia police can be reached at 665-3080.
She said not even his friends or other relatives have seen or heard from him. "This is the first time that he has done this. I just want to know that he is okay," she said. Harrypersad said her son drives a burgundy coloured Toyota car, registration PBK 6157. "I went to the Cunupia Police Station and they took a report. If anyone knows where he is or have seen him just call the Cunupia Police Station so that I can know that he is okay," she said. The Cunupia police can be reached at 665-3080.
NEWS TODAY: Ransom Demand for Kimatie
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Kidnappers have called for a 400 thousand dollar ransom for the safe return of kidnapped Toco woman Kimatie Sookoo According to reports at approximately 3:45pm yesterday Kimatie’s husband Peter was contacted by persons who demanded the money and threatened to kill her if the cash was not paid
The call came hours after police released two persons in connection with the abduction
Police officers say they still believe Kimatie is alive although this is the first time kidnappers have contacted the family since she was abducted from her Cumana, Toco home on June 9
Kidnappers have called for a 400 thousand dollar ransom for the safe return of kidnapped Toco woman Kimatie Sookoo According to reports at approximately 3:45pm yesterday Kimatie’s husband Peter was contacted by persons who demanded the money and threatened to kill her if the cash was not paid
The call came hours after police released two persons in connection with the abduction
Police officers say they still believe Kimatie is alive although this is the first time kidnappers have contacted the family since she was abducted from her Cumana, Toco home on June 9
Shantal Thompson
Shantal Thompson, 14, said good-bye to her mother on the evening of May 22, at Woodford Square, Port of Spain, and was off to the taxi stand on Nelson Street for transportation to take her to Sapodilla Trace, Laventille, where she lived. It was around 6.20 p.m. her mother Debra Joseph said yesterday.
Joseph said calls were made to the girl's cellphone, but there was no answer. But three days after she had gone missing, one of her cousins again made a call, and she answered. "She was crying and saying that she wanted to come home," Joseph said.
"I can't work. I just want her to know that her mother and father is missing her," she said.
Anyone with information on Thompson's whereabout is asked to contact the Besson Street Police Station or Joseph at 490-0378.
Thompson's disappearance is similar to that of Nakitta Joseph-Harper. Joseph-Harper, 15, and a pupil of the Agape Training Centre in Arima, was last seen by a female classmate who escorted her to the maxi-taxi stand on May 27.
She was last seen wearing her school's uniform, a burgundy-coloured pleated skirt and a cream-coloured blouse. Anyone with information about Joseph-Harper is asked to call the Arouca Police Station at 640-6138.
Joseph said calls were made to the girl's cellphone, but there was no answer. But three days after she had gone missing, one of her cousins again made a call, and she answered. "She was crying and saying that she wanted to come home," Joseph said.
"I can't work. I just want her to know that her mother and father is missing her," she said.
Anyone with information on Thompson's whereabout is asked to contact the Besson Street Police Station or Joseph at 490-0378.
Thompson's disappearance is similar to that of Nakitta Joseph-Harper. Joseph-Harper, 15, and a pupil of the Agape Training Centre in Arima, was last seen by a female classmate who escorted her to the maxi-taxi stand on May 27.
She was last seen wearing her school's uniform, a burgundy-coloured pleated skirt and a cream-coloured blouse. Anyone with information about Joseph-Harper is asked to call the Arouca Police Station at 640-6138.
Leah Lammy - Missing since February 10, 2009
Details: Leah Lammy, a pupil of the Edinburgh Government Primary School at Edinburgh 500, was dropped to school by her mother at 6.55 a.m. on Tuesday 10th February, 2009. The child was told that she would have to travel the short distance from school to home because her parents would not be able to collect her from school as they were accustomed to doing. When the child did not return home by 4:30 p.m. that evening, her mother called her cell phone. A man answered and asked for a $300,000 ransom. The family reportedly pleaded with the man on the phone, who promised to call later that night.
Riana Parag Missing Since Dec 8, 2008
This 18 year old Female is a national of Trinidad & Tobago (Caribbean Islands). She has been missing since Tuesday 16th December 2008.
It is believed that she was abducted somewhere in the busy city / borough of Chaguanas, Trinidad as her last contact with relatives confirms that she boarded a taxi to her hometown but never got there.
Two day after her abduction after placing several calls to her cellphone, her abductors eventually answered and in a very short conversation indicated that if the family wants her back the price is TT$300,000.00 (approximately US$50,000.00).
The family was led to believe that it was a kidnapping for ransom. However the abductors did not call nor answer calls for a follow up on their demand.
It is believed that she was abducted somewhere in the busy city / borough of Chaguanas, Trinidad as her last contact with relatives confirms that she boarded a taxi to her hometown but never got there.
Two day after her abduction after placing several calls to her cellphone, her abductors eventually answered and in a very short conversation indicated that if the family wants her back the price is TT$300,000.00 (approximately US$50,000.00).
The family was led to believe that it was a kidnapping for ransom. However the abductors did not call nor answer calls for a follow up on their demand.
Abbie Moonsammy
Name: Abbie Moonsammy
Age: 16
Address: Crawford Street, Vistabella, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Abbie was last seen on Wednesday by relatives and fellow classmates at the Servol Life Centre in La Romaine.
It was her last day of school for the term so it was expected that she would celebrate with her friends. When she did not return home by nine o’clock that night, her family began contacting her friends and discovered that they did not know where she was. A report was made at the Marabella Police Station.
Anyone with information about Moonsammy’s whereabouts is asked to call 657-4615, 729-9053, 764-6177.
Age: 16
Address: Crawford Street, Vistabella, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Abbie was last seen on Wednesday by relatives and fellow classmates at the Servol Life Centre in La Romaine.
It was her last day of school for the term so it was expected that she would celebrate with her friends. When she did not return home by nine o’clock that night, her family began contacting her friends and discovered that they did not know where she was. A report was made at the Marabella Police Station.
Anyone with information about Moonsammy’s whereabouts is asked to call 657-4615, 729-9053, 764-6177.
Abigail Joseph
Age: 29
Address: Details: Abigail Joseph was last seen boarding a Cascade taxi in Port-of-Spain on September 2, 2008. According to her husband, the last person to whom his wife spoke before her disappearance was a parent of a student at their son’s school.
Investigating Office: Belmont Police Station
Address: Details: Abigail Joseph was last seen boarding a Cascade taxi in Port-of-Spain on September 2, 2008. According to her husband, the last person to whom his wife spoke before her disappearance was a parent of a student at their son’s school.
Investigating Office: Belmont Police Station
Adam Katwaroo
Age: 20
Address: Ojoe Road, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Adam Katwaroo was last seen on May 15, 2006. He had left the St Augustine campus after studying the entire day and later travelled to Sangre Grande with a friend. A friend of the family also recalled seeing Katwaroo coming out of a maxi taxi on the Eastern Main Road, Sangre Grande, at around 4 pm that same day. It was around 6 pm that the family realised that he had not returned home and since Adam was not in the habit of reaching home late from classes, this was a cause for concern.
Adam’s parents tried to call him on his cellphone but found that the phone had been switched off. The next day, a report was made to the Sangre Grande police station. Since that day, no one has reported either seeing or hearing from the engineering student. Early in the investigation, two men were questioned about the young man’s disappearance, but were subsequently released. Leads have since dwindled.
Anyone who may have seen anything which may assist in determining the whereabouts of Adam is asked to contact the nearest police station. His case has since been handed to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations where Insp Stanley Ramdeen is investigating.
Address: Ojoe Road, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Adam Katwaroo was last seen on May 15, 2006. He had left the St Augustine campus after studying the entire day and later travelled to Sangre Grande with a friend. A friend of the family also recalled seeing Katwaroo coming out of a maxi taxi on the Eastern Main Road, Sangre Grande, at around 4 pm that same day. It was around 6 pm that the family realised that he had not returned home and since Adam was not in the habit of reaching home late from classes, this was a cause for concern.
Adam’s parents tried to call him on his cellphone but found that the phone had been switched off. The next day, a report was made to the Sangre Grande police station. Since that day, no one has reported either seeing or hearing from the engineering student. Early in the investigation, two men were questioned about the young man’s disappearance, but were subsequently released. Leads have since dwindled.
Anyone who may have seen anything which may assist in determining the whereabouts of Adam is asked to contact the nearest police station. His case has since been handed to the Homicide Bureau of Investigations where Insp Stanley Ramdeen is investigating.
Arielle Clarke
Age: 13
Address: Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Arielle Clarke, 13, has been missing since October 9, 2008 according to her mother, Summer St Louis. The Form Two pupil of the Curepe Secondary School was last seen wearing an orange and green top and a pair of blue pencil jeans. Family members have reportedly searched the Tunapuna area for the girl, so far, in vain. Anyone with information can contact the Tunapuna Police Station at 645-7573.
Address: Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Arielle Clarke, 13, has been missing since October 9, 2008 according to her mother, Summer St Louis. The Form Two pupil of the Curepe Secondary School was last seen wearing an orange and green top and a pair of blue pencil jeans. Family members have reportedly searched the Tunapuna area for the girl, so far, in vain. Anyone with information can contact the Tunapuna Police Station at 645-7573.
Avril Cyrus-Blake
Age: 31
Address: Malick, Sixth Avenue, Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Avril Cyrus-Blake, of Malick, Sixth Avenue, Barataria is missing. She was last seen on Sunday 9th December 2007, standing at Morvant Junction around 8.30 pm. She was wearing a white fitted capri and a white and blue striped hooded top.
Three weeks after her disappearance, friends and family of Cyrus-Blake have offered a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the woman’s safe return.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts are asked to contact the Morvant Police Station at 627 0875 or her mother, Judith Cyrus at 353 9292 or 719 9458.
Address: Malick, Sixth Avenue, Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Avril Cyrus-Blake, of Malick, Sixth Avenue, Barataria is missing. She was last seen on Sunday 9th December 2007, standing at Morvant Junction around 8.30 pm. She was wearing a white fitted capri and a white and blue striped hooded top.
Three weeks after her disappearance, friends and family of Cyrus-Blake have offered a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the woman’s safe return.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts are asked to contact the Morvant Police Station at 627 0875 or her mother, Judith Cyrus at 353 9292 or 719 9458.
Caily Charles
Age: Unk
Address: Details: Charles disappeared after leaving his mother’s home at Community Lane in Bagatelle, Diego Martin. Anyone who can assist in finding Charles is asked to contact his family at 374-3172 or the nearest police station.
Address: Details: Charles disappeared after leaving his mother’s home at Community Lane in Bagatelle, Diego Martin. Anyone who can assist in finding Charles is asked to contact his family at 374-3172 or the nearest police station.
Denesh Soodeen
Name: Denesh Soodeen
Age: 28
Address: Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Denesh Soodeen is believed to have been kidnapped from the carpark of the Gulf City Shopping Complex in La Romaine on January 20, 2009. On Wed 21st Janaury 2009, his silver Prado van was found parked off Gulf City’s Car Park with all the doors unlocked and all his valuables still in the van.
His mother, Seeta Soodeen, has promised TT$10 000 to anyone who could find her son.
Anyone who has any information about his whereabouts please contact the Point Fortin Police Station at 648-2426.
Update: This case remains open. A suspect was held in connection with the kidnapping but was later released.
Age: 28
Address: Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Denesh Soodeen is believed to have been kidnapped from the carpark of the Gulf City Shopping Complex in La Romaine on January 20, 2009. On Wed 21st Janaury 2009, his silver Prado van was found parked off Gulf City’s Car Park with all the doors unlocked and all his valuables still in the van.
His mother, Seeta Soodeen, has promised TT$10 000 to anyone who could find her son.
Anyone who has any information about his whereabouts please contact the Point Fortin Police Station at 648-2426.
Update: This case remains open. A suspect was held in connection with the kidnapping but was later released.
Darren Mason
Age: 23
Address: Isaac Avenue, Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Darren Mason left home on the morning of Wednesday 14, January 2009 to drop his sister Camelia to work in Marabella. He dropped her off around 7.40 am and picked up some other passengers in his white AD Station wagon PBX 5062. At 2.30 pm he called his mother and said that he was coming home for lunch. He never arrived. It was unlike him to stay away from home.
According to a family member, he had never spent an entire night away from home and would always call if he was running late. When his mother realised that he had not come home, she alerted relatives and friends and then made a report at the St Margaret’s Police Station. A client who had hired him to do a private job, said that Darren had failed to turn up. Calls to his cell phone have since gone unanswered. Anyone with information can contact the family at 713-8089 or the investigating officer.
Investigating officer: PC Harripersad at the St Margaret’s Police Station.
Chabylal Ramlal
Age: 27
Address: St Croix Road, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Chabylal Ramlal, a construction worker, walked out of his home at St Croix Road, Princes Town, on Tuesday 7 October, 2008. He said he was going to San Francique to spend time with some relatives. His brother-in-law, Sheraz Mohammed, said Ramlal was left alone in the house while his relative carried his wife to the doctor. But when they returned, he was not there. Mohammed said the couple believed Ramlal had returned to his home. When they called for him two days ago, Ramlal was not there, Mohammed said. “We thought he was at their house and they thought he had come home,” he said.
A report was filed at the Princes Town Police Station.
Relatives are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the nearest police station.
Address: St Croix Road, Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Chabylal Ramlal, a construction worker, walked out of his home at St Croix Road, Princes Town, on Tuesday 7 October, 2008. He said he was going to San Francique to spend time with some relatives. His brother-in-law, Sheraz Mohammed, said Ramlal was left alone in the house while his relative carried his wife to the doctor. But when they returned, he was not there. Mohammed said the couple believed Ramlal had returned to his home. When they called for him two days ago, Ramlal was not there, Mohammed said. “We thought he was at their house and they thought he had come home,” he said.
A report was filed at the Princes Town Police Station.
Relatives are asking anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the nearest police station.
Denise Barcant
Name: Denise Barcant
Age: 45
Address: St. Ann’s Details: Denise was last seen on the morning of Friday October 24, when she drove herself away from her home in St Ann’s. She is 5’ 8”, slim with greying hair and was driving a light blue Toyota Yaris PBT 9228. Barcant suffers from a medical condition which requires regular medication. It is believed she had medication with her and perhaps had taken the full dose, which could have disoriented her. Her family members believe she may have been wandering around and may possibly have been given assistance by someone who is unaware that she has been reported missing. Anyone who has seen her, is asked to call 680-7826, 628-3537, 678-7892 or the nearest police station.
Age: 45
Address: St. Ann’s Details: Denise was last seen on the morning of Friday October 24, when she drove herself away from her home in St Ann’s. She is 5’ 8”, slim with greying hair and was driving a light blue Toyota Yaris PBT 9228. Barcant suffers from a medical condition which requires regular medication. It is believed she had medication with her and perhaps had taken the full dose, which could have disoriented her. Her family members believe she may have been wandering around and may possibly have been given assistance by someone who is unaware that she has been reported missing. Anyone who has seen her, is asked to call 680-7826, 628-3537, 678-7892 or the nearest police station.
Guytri Basant
Name: Guytri Basant
Age: 15
Address: Endeavour Road, Charlieville, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Guytri Basant was last seen on Monday September 29, 2008.
She stayed home from school because she needed to complete a school project. At some point during the day she left home to make some photocopies, but she never returned. When she left home she was wearing a black tee-shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes.
Anyone with information should call either the Chaguanas Police Station or her father’s number, 491-5352.
Age: 15
Address: Endeavour Road, Charlieville, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Guytri Basant was last seen on Monday September 29, 2008.
She stayed home from school because she needed to complete a school project. At some point during the day she left home to make some photocopies, but she never returned. When she left home she was wearing a black tee-shirt, blue jeans and brown shoes.
Anyone with information should call either the Chaguanas Police Station or her father’s number, 491-5352.
Jenice Llewellyn
Name: Jenice Llewellyn
Age: 14
Address: Samaroo Village, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Details: On November 26, 2008, Jenice visited her friend Neshelle Alexander at her home. The two had arranged to go to Picton Road, Laventille, where Alexander’s eldest sister, Gillian Williams, lived. The girls never arrived at Williams’s home. Neither girl answered her cellphone despite repeated attempts.Three days after they disappeared, Alexander’s father received a call to his cellphone. It was Neshelle. A clearly traumatised Neshelle told him she was being kept at Building Two in Maloney and was being taken advantage of by her captors. She wanted to come home.
Then the phone went dead. In January 2009, Williams received a text message, presumably from Neshelle. It read: “Tell ‘J’ to come pick me up.” No one knew who “J” was, and no one knew if it was Neshelle, or where she was being kept at that time. Avenelle, one of Neshelle’s elder sisters, called the number. A male voice answered. Someone with a similar voice to Neshelle’s was heard screaming in the background. She was begging to be set free.
The male voice threatened her. Warning her to “shut up”. Avenelle hung up the phone and started to cry. On another occasion, Williams said, someone called and said that a man from Cascade had purchased Neshelle and she was about to be shipped to Venezuela, where Jenice was already. When the family called the man who gave them the information they were greeted with a simple “hola”, she said.
Since then, that number has been out of service. The calls and text messages then ended. No one has since heard from or seen either girls since.
Age: 14
Address: Samaroo Village, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Details: On November 26, 2008, Jenice visited her friend Neshelle Alexander at her home. The two had arranged to go to Picton Road, Laventille, where Alexander’s eldest sister, Gillian Williams, lived. The girls never arrived at Williams’s home. Neither girl answered her cellphone despite repeated attempts.Three days after they disappeared, Alexander’s father received a call to his cellphone. It was Neshelle. A clearly traumatised Neshelle told him she was being kept at Building Two in Maloney and was being taken advantage of by her captors. She wanted to come home.
Then the phone went dead. In January 2009, Williams received a text message, presumably from Neshelle. It read: “Tell ‘J’ to come pick me up.” No one knew who “J” was, and no one knew if it was Neshelle, or where she was being kept at that time. Avenelle, one of Neshelle’s elder sisters, called the number. A male voice answered. Someone with a similar voice to Neshelle’s was heard screaming in the background. She was begging to be set free.
The male voice threatened her. Warning her to “shut up”. Avenelle hung up the phone and started to cry. On another occasion, Williams said, someone called and said that a man from Cascade had purchased Neshelle and she was about to be shipped to Venezuela, where Jenice was already. When the family called the man who gave them the information they were greeted with a simple “hola”, she said.
Since then, that number has been out of service. The calls and text messages then ended. No one has since heard from or seen either girls since.
Jerome James
Name: Jerome James
Age: 28
Address: Details: Around 3.35 pm on Saturday 4 April, 2009, Jerome James, an able-bodied seaman with the T&T Coast Guard, went missing while at sea. Repeated searches were conducted but Jerome’s body was never found and he remains a missing person. Following his disappearance, a board of inquiry was convened and the findings cleared the other officers on board the vessel of any wrongdoing. The Coast Guard concluded that an “unfortunate accident” on the high seas had resulted in his disappearance. His mother is not convinced and will continue, until all questions are answered to her satisfaction, to believe that something went amiss that day. Her son is a good swimmer and according to all accounts, he was wearing a personal flotation device when he was swept overboard. She wonders why her son’s body has not been found. Jeromejames
Age: 28
Address: Details: Around 3.35 pm on Saturday 4 April, 2009, Jerome James, an able-bodied seaman with the T&T Coast Guard, went missing while at sea. Repeated searches were conducted but Jerome’s body was never found and he remains a missing person. Following his disappearance, a board of inquiry was convened and the findings cleared the other officers on board the vessel of any wrongdoing. The Coast Guard concluded that an “unfortunate accident” on the high seas had resulted in his disappearance. His mother is not convinced and will continue, until all questions are answered to her satisfaction, to believe that something went amiss that day. Her son is a good swimmer and according to all accounts, he was wearing a personal flotation device when he was swept overboard. She wonders why her son’s body has not been found. Jeromejames
Juliet Tam
Name: Juliet Tam
Age: 24
Address: Rose Street, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Details: At 7:15 on the night of December 5, 1985, Juliet Tam said good-bye to her mother, and left the home that she shared with her parents and siblings. She was on her way to a fitness class at the Arima Boys’ Roman Catholic School, a three-minute jog away. When she left she was carrying an umbrella and the mat used for her class. She never showed up for that fitness class. When Juliet did not return home by 8:30 pm as was usual, her mother became increasingly alarmed. She sensed that something was very wrong. Juliet’s uncle later contacted the Arima police. Superintendent Jules Bernard spearheaded the investigations. A young man was taken in for questioning but the police could find no reason to charge him. The family launched its own hunt for Juliet, searching everywhere including the Heights of Guanapo.
If you have information on this case, or any of the other missing persons cases, make the call-800-tips, 555, or the Arima CID.
Age: 24
Address: Rose Street, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago Details: At 7:15 on the night of December 5, 1985, Juliet Tam said good-bye to her mother, and left the home that she shared with her parents and siblings. She was on her way to a fitness class at the Arima Boys’ Roman Catholic School, a three-minute jog away. When she left she was carrying an umbrella and the mat used for her class. She never showed up for that fitness class. When Juliet did not return home by 8:30 pm as was usual, her mother became increasingly alarmed. She sensed that something was very wrong. Juliet’s uncle later contacted the Arima police. Superintendent Jules Bernard spearheaded the investigations. A young man was taken in for questioning but the police could find no reason to charge him. The family launched its own hunt for Juliet, searching everywhere including the Heights of Guanapo.
If you have information on this case, or any of the other missing persons cases, make the call-800-tips, 555, or the Arima CID.
Kim Baptiste
Name: Kim Baptiste
Age:18
Address: Picton Road, Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Kim Baptiste, a student at the Modern School of Business in Port of Spain, left her house on Picton Road, Laventille at 8 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday October 7, 2008. The day after she went missing on October 7, Kim Baptiste called her mother, Peggy Fredericks, and told her that she had been kidnapped by three masked gunmen and was staying in a house with some other girls. Then the line went dead.
Kim’s mother has reported the matter to the Besson Street Police Station, but is pleading with any one who knows of her daughter’s whereabouts to contact her at 768-1579, 625-5762 or the police at 623-1395.
Age:18
Address: Picton Road, Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Kim Baptiste, a student at the Modern School of Business in Port of Spain, left her house on Picton Road, Laventille at 8 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday October 7, 2008. The day after she went missing on October 7, Kim Baptiste called her mother, Peggy Fredericks, and told her that she had been kidnapped by three masked gunmen and was staying in a house with some other girls. Then the line went dead.
Kim’s mother has reported the matter to the Besson Street Police Station, but is pleading with any one who knows of her daughter’s whereabouts to contact her at 768-1579, 625-5762 or the police at 623-1395.
Leroy Carl Meade
Name: Leroy Carl Meade
Age: 26
Address: Mt Hope Road, Mt Hope, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Leroy Carl Meade, who worked as a security officer with a firm in Petit Bourg, arrived home after working the night shift. He told his sister, with whom he lived, that he was “going out the road to come back”. He never returned. A report was made to the San Juan Police Station.
Anyone with information about Meade’s whereabouts should contact the family at 749-6437, or the nearest police station.
Age: 26
Address: Mt Hope Road, Mt Hope, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Leroy Carl Meade, who worked as a security officer with a firm in Petit Bourg, arrived home after working the night shift. He told his sister, with whom he lived, that he was “going out the road to come back”. He never returned. A report was made to the San Juan Police Station.
Anyone with information about Meade’s whereabouts should contact the family at 749-6437, or the nearest police station.
Naail Ali
Name: Naail Ali
Age: 25
Address: Details: Naail arrived at his father’s A&S Furniture Store which he managed on Parforce Road, Gasparillo around 8.30 a.m. to open the store for business. On getting out of his vehicle, three men pulled up in a white station wagon, grabbed him, bundled him into the car and drove off. It was reported that the car was seen speeding along Caratal Road and then through Quarry Road in Gasparillo. He was not allowed to speak with his family until Tuesday.
He said he was being beaten and he begged for help on the phone. The kidnappers asked for no less than $3 million for Naail’s return.
Update: Naail Ali continues to remain in the hands of his captors although the family has paid a substantial ransom.
Today June 18th 2009, marks exactly one year since Naail Ali, 26, was kidnapped from outside his businessplace - the A&S Furniture and Appliance Store - at Parforce Road, Gasparillo.
Three gunmen snatched him as he exited his vehicle and then they sped off in a white Toyota station wagon. A ransom demand was made and an undisclosed portion was paid but Ali was never set free.
Four days after he was kidnapped, police said they had made a breakthrough in the case when they shot and killed the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping - 26-year-old Rawle Charles - at a hideout in the Tabaquite forest. He was shot multiple times when, police said, he tried to shoot his way out of a house they had surrounded while they were searching for Ali. Crime scene experts searched for clues, but Ali was not found.
In January, another suspect in the kidnapping, Brian Pierre, was killed by police in the Tabaquite forest. And only last month, a third suspect, 46-year-old Jimmy Cherry, a deportee from the United States was found dead. His body was found on the roadside at Caroni Old Road, Hermitage, a village south of San Fernando. Cherry's family lived at Charles Street, Gasparillo. A fourth suspect is reportedly in hiding.
Age: 25
Address: Details: Naail arrived at his father’s A&S Furniture Store which he managed on Parforce Road, Gasparillo around 8.30 a.m. to open the store for business. On getting out of his vehicle, three men pulled up in a white station wagon, grabbed him, bundled him into the car and drove off. It was reported that the car was seen speeding along Caratal Road and then through Quarry Road in Gasparillo. He was not allowed to speak with his family until Tuesday.
He said he was being beaten and he begged for help on the phone. The kidnappers asked for no less than $3 million for Naail’s return.
Update: Naail Ali continues to remain in the hands of his captors although the family has paid a substantial ransom.
Today June 18th 2009, marks exactly one year since Naail Ali, 26, was kidnapped from outside his businessplace - the A&S Furniture and Appliance Store - at Parforce Road, Gasparillo.
Three gunmen snatched him as he exited his vehicle and then they sped off in a white Toyota station wagon. A ransom demand was made and an undisclosed portion was paid but Ali was never set free.
Four days after he was kidnapped, police said they had made a breakthrough in the case when they shot and killed the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping - 26-year-old Rawle Charles - at a hideout in the Tabaquite forest. He was shot multiple times when, police said, he tried to shoot his way out of a house they had surrounded while they were searching for Ali. Crime scene experts searched for clues, but Ali was not found.
In January, another suspect in the kidnapping, Brian Pierre, was killed by police in the Tabaquite forest. And only last month, a third suspect, 46-year-old Jimmy Cherry, a deportee from the United States was found dead. His body was found on the roadside at Caroni Old Road, Hermitage, a village south of San Fernando. Cherry's family lived at Charles Street, Gasparillo. A fourth suspect is reportedly in hiding.
Nakitta Joseph Harper
Name: Nakitta Joseph-Harper
Age: 15
Address: Bon Air Gardens, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Nakitta Joseph-Harper disappeared after school ended on Wednesday May 27, 2009. She was last seen by a female classmate who escorted her to the maxi- taxi stand. She was believed to be on her way to her home, but she never arrived. At that time she was wearing her school’s uniform, a burgundy pleated skirt and a cream blouse.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Arouca Police Station at 640-6138.
Age: 15
Address: Bon Air Gardens, Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Nakitta Joseph-Harper disappeared after school ended on Wednesday May 27, 2009. She was last seen by a female classmate who escorted her to the maxi- taxi stand. She was believed to be on her way to her home, but she never arrived. At that time she was wearing her school’s uniform, a burgundy pleated skirt and a cream blouse.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Arouca Police Station at 640-6138.
Noel Rodrigues
Name: Noel Rodrigues
Age: 19
Address: Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Noel was last seen by his mother, Betty Ann Rodrigues, when he went home to have lunch on Tuesday October 7, 2008. He left home after eating and has not been seen since. Noel, a carpenter and part-time vendor, would regularly leave his Sangre Grande home without telling his mother but this was the first time he failed to return or contact her to say where he was. Friends of Noel Rodrigues have told his mother that they fear that he is dead.
A report was made to the Sangre Grande Police Station.
Anyone with information concerning Rodrigues’ whereabouts can contact the Sangre Grande police at 668-0200/668-2444 or his family at 363-3124.
Age: 19
Address: Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Noel was last seen by his mother, Betty Ann Rodrigues, when he went home to have lunch on Tuesday October 7, 2008. He left home after eating and has not been seen since. Noel, a carpenter and part-time vendor, would regularly leave his Sangre Grande home without telling his mother but this was the first time he failed to return or contact her to say where he was. Friends of Noel Rodrigues have told his mother that they fear that he is dead.
A report was made to the Sangre Grande Police Station.
Anyone with information concerning Rodrigues’ whereabouts can contact the Sangre Grande police at 668-0200/668-2444 or his family at 363-3124.
Raquel Diamond
Name: Raquel Diamond
Age:15
Address: Clarence Trace, Valencia, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Raquel Diamond, a Form Four student of the Guaico High School, was last seen on September 22 in school uniform. At the time, according to a police report, she was in the company of a 33-year- old man, who has also been missing since. Her mother, Beverly Singh, is appealing to anyone who may know of Raquel’s whereabouts to contact her mother at telephone 387 6875, or the Valencia Police Station at 667- 8030.
Age:15
Address: Clarence Trace, Valencia, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Raquel Diamond, a Form Four student of the Guaico High School, was last seen on September 22 in school uniform. At the time, according to a police report, she was in the company of a 33-year- old man, who has also been missing since. Her mother, Beverly Singh, is appealing to anyone who may know of Raquel’s whereabouts to contact her mother at telephone 387 6875, or the Valencia Police Station at 667- 8030.
Shakel Woods
Name: Shakel Woods
Age: 5
Address: Bay Road, Parlatuvier, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Shakel went missing around 7:30 p.m. in Parlatuvier, Tobago on Monday 20 April after a fishing expedition with his grandmother, Franciella Woods. Franciella, who regularly fishes on a jetty a stone’s throw from their home, took Shakel, a first-year student of Parlatuvier Anglican School to fish. After spending three hours on the jetty, Woods decided to go home. At that point, Shakel told Woods he was going to a nearby shop to purchase a Kiss Cake and soft drink. That was the last time that his grandmother saw him. When she followed him to the shop, he was not there and she assumed that he had gone home but a search back home confirmed that he was missing.
Shakel is of African descent, approximately three feet, six inches tall, brown skin in complexion, has a broken front tooth and carries a short hairstyle. He was last seen wearing a green short pants and a blue T- shirt.
Local people and the army, police and coast guard have been searching on both land and sea for Shakel.
Age: 5
Address: Bay Road, Parlatuvier, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Shakel went missing around 7:30 p.m. in Parlatuvier, Tobago on Monday 20 April after a fishing expedition with his grandmother, Franciella Woods. Franciella, who regularly fishes on a jetty a stone’s throw from their home, took Shakel, a first-year student of Parlatuvier Anglican School to fish. After spending three hours on the jetty, Woods decided to go home. At that point, Shakel told Woods he was going to a nearby shop to purchase a Kiss Cake and soft drink. That was the last time that his grandmother saw him. When she followed him to the shop, he was not there and she assumed that he had gone home but a search back home confirmed that he was missing.
Shakel is of African descent, approximately three feet, six inches tall, brown skin in complexion, has a broken front tooth and carries a short hairstyle. He was last seen wearing a green short pants and a blue T- shirt.
Local people and the army, police and coast guard have been searching on both land and sea for Shakel.
Sally Lobai
Name: Sally Lobai
Age: 26
Address: Oropune Housing Project, Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Sally Lobai left her home on February 11, 2009 to attend a job interview in Longdenville, Chaguanas. She completed the interview and left the Longdenville business-place. She then made a call to her 35-year-old boyfriend, Glen, to tell him that she was in a taxi on her way home. She never made it there. An hour later, Glen decided to call Sally’s phone, but instead a male voice answered and demanded $300,000 for her safe return. The man said that if the money was not paid by Valentine’s Day (February 14), Sally would be shipped abroad. The deadline passed and neither the man nor Sally has been heard from since.
Age: 26
Address: Oropune Housing Project, Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Sally Lobai left her home on February 11, 2009 to attend a job interview in Longdenville, Chaguanas. She completed the interview and left the Longdenville business-place. She then made a call to her 35-year-old boyfriend, Glen, to tell him that she was in a taxi on her way home. She never made it there. An hour later, Glen decided to call Sally’s phone, but instead a male voice answered and demanded $300,000 for her safe return. The man said that if the money was not paid by Valentine’s Day (February 14), Sally would be shipped abroad. The deadline passed and neither the man nor Sally has been heard from since.
Shantel Williams
Name: Shantel Williams
Age: 12
Address: Details: Shantel, who is a pupil of the Piccadilly Government Primary School, in Port of Spain, was last seen leaving the school compound on Thursday October 2 2008, with a former male pupil of the school.
“She was wearing her uniform, which is a light blue shirt and a dark blue overall, with white sneakers and socks. The boy was in plain clothes.” The child’s mother is asking anyone with information on her daughters whereabouts to call the police or contact her at 763-4419/ 709 8001.
Investigating Office: Besson Street Police, Port of Spain.
Age: 12
Address: Details: Shantel, who is a pupil of the Piccadilly Government Primary School, in Port of Spain, was last seen leaving the school compound on Thursday October 2 2008, with a former male pupil of the school.
“She was wearing her uniform, which is a light blue shirt and a dark blue overall, with white sneakers and socks. The boy was in plain clothes.” The child’s mother is asking anyone with information on her daughters whereabouts to call the police or contact her at 763-4419/ 709 8001.
Investigating Office: Besson Street Police, Port of Spain.
Shantal Thompson
Name: Shantal Thompson
Age: 14
Address: Sapodilla Trace, Laventille Details: Shantal Thompson was last seen by her mother around 6:20 on the evening of May 22 2009 at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. She left for the taxi stand on Nelson Street where she intended to travel to her home in Laventille. She never arrived at her destination. Calls to her cellphone went unanswered until three days after when she replied crying and saying that she wanted to return home.
Anyone with information on Thompson’s whereabout is asked to contact the Besson Street Police Station or her mother at 490-0378.
Age: 14
Address: Sapodilla Trace, Laventille Details: Shantal Thompson was last seen by her mother around 6:20 on the evening of May 22 2009 at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. She left for the taxi stand on Nelson Street where she intended to travel to her home in Laventille. She never arrived at her destination. Calls to her cellphone went unanswered until three days after when she replied crying and saying that she wanted to return home.
Anyone with information on Thompson’s whereabout is asked to contact the Besson Street Police Station or her mother at 490-0378.
Sunil Persad
Age: 35
Address: Don Miguel Road, San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Sunil Persad was last seen on September 14, 2008, standing on the Promenade in Princes Town.
Anyone who has information on his whereabouts can contact the family at 333 9395 or 338 3792.
Address: Don Miguel Road, San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Sunil Persad was last seen on September 14, 2008, standing on the Promenade in Princes Town.
Anyone who has information on his whereabouts can contact the family at 333 9395 or 338 3792.
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Vijay Persad
Name: Vijay Persad
Age: 10
Address: Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Vijay Persad was snatched and taken away by three armed bandits from his father’s businessplace on the ground floor of their Princes Town home on the night of Monday 21 June 2004. He was closing the front door of his father’s small shop — R Persad Groceries and Snackette — at around 8 pm, when three unmasked men walked up to the shop and demanded to be let in. His father was behind the counter of his small shop, packing stocks into the refrigerator with his four children — Vijay, Malini, 13, Sanjay, eight, and Anna, two.
All of them, except Vijay, stood next to Rajkumar as he packed the refrigerator. Vijay was on the other side of the counter about to secure the front main door to the shop, when three unmasked armed men walked up to the shop and announced a hold-up. The men demanded that Rajkumar open the front door, but he refused. Then they asked again in louder tones, this time threatening to take his son if he did not comply, but he again refused concerned for the safety of the children behind the counter. One of the men then grabbed Vijay and ran over the road where he disappeared in some nearby bushes.
A ransom demand of $500000 was made subsequently.
Vijay’s grandfather Coomal Persad offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the abductors.
Anyone who knows where Vijay may be can contact Princes Town Police Station, at 655-2231, or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS.
Investigating Officer: Snr Supt Joseph Nathaniel.
Age: 10
Address: Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago Details: Vijay Persad was snatched and taken away by three armed bandits from his father’s businessplace on the ground floor of their Princes Town home on the night of Monday 21 June 2004. He was closing the front door of his father’s small shop — R Persad Groceries and Snackette — at around 8 pm, when three unmasked men walked up to the shop and demanded to be let in. His father was behind the counter of his small shop, packing stocks into the refrigerator with his four children — Vijay, Malini, 13, Sanjay, eight, and Anna, two.
All of them, except Vijay, stood next to Rajkumar as he packed the refrigerator. Vijay was on the other side of the counter about to secure the front main door to the shop, when three unmasked armed men walked up to the shop and announced a hold-up. The men demanded that Rajkumar open the front door, but he refused. Then they asked again in louder tones, this time threatening to take his son if he did not comply, but he again refused concerned for the safety of the children behind the counter. One of the men then grabbed Vijay and ran over the road where he disappeared in some nearby bushes.
A ransom demand of $500000 was made subsequently.
Vijay’s grandfather Coomal Persad offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the abductors.
Anyone who knows where Vijay may be can contact Princes Town Police Station, at 655-2231, or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS.
Investigating Officer: Snr Supt Joseph Nathaniel.
Missing With No Picture
Name: Shane Sampath
Age: 26
Address: Fletcher’s Road, Todds Road, Brasso, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Shane Sampath left home in his station wagon and has not been seen since. His vehicle, an AD Wagon, has not been found. It was Sampath’s family, searching for him at Charuma Road, Tabaquite on Thursday 4th September 2008, who found Margaret Constantine’s body. Several searches have been carried out for Shane throughout the country, including forested areas in Central and South.
Age: 26
Address: Fletcher’s Road, Todds Road, Brasso, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Shane Sampath left home in his station wagon and has not been seen since. His vehicle, an AD Wagon, has not been found. It was Sampath’s family, searching for him at Charuma Road, Tabaquite on Thursday 4th September 2008, who found Margaret Constantine’s body. Several searches have been carried out for Shane throughout the country, including forested areas in Central and South.
November 26, 2008
Name: Neshelle Alexander
Age: 14
Address: Samaroo Village, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: On November 26, 2008, Neshelle Alexander was visited at her home by her friend Jenice Llewellyn. The two had arranged to go to Picton Road, Laventille, where Neshelle’s eldest sister, Gillian Williams, lived. The girls never arrived at Williams’s home. Neither girl answered her cellphone despite repeated attempts.
Three days after they disappeared, Neshelle’s father received a call to his cellphone. It was Neshelle. A clearly traumatised Neshelle told him she was being kept at Building Two in Maloney and was being taken advantage of by her captors. She wanted to come home. Then the phone went dead. In January 2009, Williams received a text message, presumably from Neshelle. It read: “Tell ‘J’ to come pick me up.” No one knew who “J” was, and no one knew if it was Neshelle, or where she was being kept at that time. Avenelle, one of Neshelle’s elder sisters, called the number. A male voice answered. Someone with a similar voice to Neshelle’s was heard screaming in the background.
She was begging to be set free. The male voice threatened her, warning her to “shut up”. Avenelle hung up the phone and started to cry. On another occasion, Williams said, someone called and said that a man from Cascade had purchased Neshelle and she was about to be shipped to Venezuela, where Jenice was already. When the family called the man who gave them the information they were greeted with a simple “hola”, she said. Since then, that number has been out of service. The calls and text messages then ended. No one has since heard from or seen either girls since.
Name: Neshelle Alexander
Age: 14
Address: Samaroo Village, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: On November 26, 2008, Neshelle Alexander was visited at her home by her friend Jenice Llewellyn. The two had arranged to go to Picton Road, Laventille, where Neshelle’s eldest sister, Gillian Williams, lived. The girls never arrived at Williams’s home. Neither girl answered her cellphone despite repeated attempts.
Three days after they disappeared, Neshelle’s father received a call to his cellphone. It was Neshelle. A clearly traumatised Neshelle told him she was being kept at Building Two in Maloney and was being taken advantage of by her captors. She wanted to come home. Then the phone went dead. In January 2009, Williams received a text message, presumably from Neshelle. It read: “Tell ‘J’ to come pick me up.” No one knew who “J” was, and no one knew if it was Neshelle, or where she was being kept at that time. Avenelle, one of Neshelle’s elder sisters, called the number. A male voice answered. Someone with a similar voice to Neshelle’s was heard screaming in the background.
She was begging to be set free. The male voice threatened her, warning her to “shut up”. Avenelle hung up the phone and started to cry. On another occasion, Williams said, someone called and said that a man from Cascade had purchased Neshelle and she was about to be shipped to Venezuela, where Jenice was already. When the family called the man who gave them the information they were greeted with a simple “hola”, she said. Since then, that number has been out of service. The calls and text messages then ended. No one has since heard from or seen either girls since.
February 13, 2009
Name: Lee-Ann Hicks
Age: 14
Address: Maturita Triangle, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Lee-Ann, a Form Two student of Malabar Secondary Composite School was discovered missing when her driver went to the school to pick her up on the date in question. After waiting for some time, the driver enquired of school personnel of her whereabouts, but no one knew where she was. Her elder sister said Lee-Ann went to school that day but there was some school activity on the compound which took the place of regular classes for that day. When Lee- Ann left home she was wearing her school uniform – a white monogrammed blouse, a grey and white tie and a black box pleated skirt.
Investigating Office: A Missing Person report was filed at the Arima Police Station but the case was transferred to the Malabar Police Station.
Anyone with information on the missing schoolgirl is asked to contact the Arima Police Station at 667- 2910, the Malabar Police Station at 643-2358, the Anti Kidnapping Squad at 623-6793 or Michelle Hicks at 640-4969.
Name: Lee-Ann Hicks
Age: 14
Address: Maturita Triangle, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Lee-Ann, a Form Two student of Malabar Secondary Composite School was discovered missing when her driver went to the school to pick her up on the date in question. After waiting for some time, the driver enquired of school personnel of her whereabouts, but no one knew where she was. Her elder sister said Lee-Ann went to school that day but there was some school activity on the compound which took the place of regular classes for that day. When Lee- Ann left home she was wearing her school uniform – a white monogrammed blouse, a grey and white tie and a black box pleated skirt.
Investigating Office: A Missing Person report was filed at the Arima Police Station but the case was transferred to the Malabar Police Station.
Anyone with information on the missing schoolgirl is asked to contact the Arima Police Station at 667- 2910, the Malabar Police Station at 643-2358, the Anti Kidnapping Squad at 623-6793 or Michelle Hicks at 640-4969.
May 15, 2009
Name: Jeremiah Alphonso Mapp aka ‘Junior’
Age: 23
Address: Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Jeremiah Mapp was last seen on May 15, at Dass Trace in Chaguanas, near his home. On that day bystanders witnessed what could have been his abduction. It appeared to them that Jeremiah had been arrested and placed in a car by persons claiming to be police officers. Checks by Jeremiah’s family with officers at Chaguanas and Cunupia Police Stations, revealed the alarming fact that no one by that name had been arrested. Jeremiah’s relatives are seeking the public’s assistance in their continuing search for the young man.
Anyone with information on Jeremiah Mapp’s whereabouts is asked to contact Hazel Ann at 348-8866 or 382-442.
Name: Jeremiah Alphonso Mapp aka ‘Junior’
Age: 23
Address: Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Jeremiah Mapp was last seen on May 15, at Dass Trace in Chaguanas, near his home. On that day bystanders witnessed what could have been his abduction. It appeared to them that Jeremiah had been arrested and placed in a car by persons claiming to be police officers. Checks by Jeremiah’s family with officers at Chaguanas and Cunupia Police Stations, revealed the alarming fact that no one by that name had been arrested. Jeremiah’s relatives are seeking the public’s assistance in their continuing search for the young man.
Anyone with information on Jeremiah Mapp’s whereabouts is asked to contact Hazel Ann at 348-8866 or 382-442.
Name: Essa Shalto
Age: 28
Address: Cuche Village, Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Essa Shalto was last seen on the evening of Saturday February 7, 2009, entering a car outside his friend’s house in Couva with a group of men dressed in uniforms resembling those worn by police officers. The group of men had identified themselves as police officers from the Fraud Squad in Port-of-Spain, producing what had appeared to be official police identification badges. They had ordered Essa to change and come with them. They waited until he got dressed and then placed him in a silver vehicle and that was the last time he was seen. Calls to the police confirmed that Essa Shalto had not been brought in by officers. No attempt to contact his family was made by the abductors.
Investigating Office: ANTI-Kidnapping Unit police are continuing their investigations into Essa Shalto’s disappearance.
Age: 28
Address: Cuche Village, Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago
Details: Essa Shalto was last seen on the evening of Saturday February 7, 2009, entering a car outside his friend’s house in Couva with a group of men dressed in uniforms resembling those worn by police officers. The group of men had identified themselves as police officers from the Fraud Squad in Port-of-Spain, producing what had appeared to be official police identification badges. They had ordered Essa to change and come with them. They waited until he got dressed and then placed him in a silver vehicle and that was the last time he was seen. Calls to the police confirmed that Essa Shalto had not been brought in by officers. No attempt to contact his family was made by the abductors.
Investigating Office: ANTI-Kidnapping Unit police are continuing their investigations into Essa Shalto’s disappearance.