2009-12-26 “Mom clings to hope for daughter missing 11 years…‘Marina will come home for Christmas’.”
Mom clings to hope for daughter missing 11 years…‘Marina will come home for Christmas.’
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 26 Dec 2009
Elizabeth Henry calmly repeated the mantra she has been reciting for the past 11 years. “Marina will come home for Christmas, she will come home today,” Henry said in a recent interview. On [...]
2009-11-24 “Headless corpse found at Sea Lots.”
Headless corpse found at Sea Lots.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 24 Nov 2009
An anonymous tip provided by Crime Stoppers, yesterday, led a contingent of police to the headless and almost completely burnt body of a man at Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain. Up to late yesterday afternoon, officers of Besson Street Police Station, under acting [...]
The Writers
Thanks to the following writers on behalf of the missing, their waiting families and all concerned citizens, for covering the stories, expressing opinions and getting the word out.
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Azard ALI
Ken ALI
Aabida ALLAHAM
Ian ALLEYNE
Robert ALONZO
Inerva ARJOON
Cecily ASSON
Yvonne BABOOLAL
Andre BAGOO
Peter BALROOP
Ralph BANWARIE
Cori BAYNES
Camille BETHEL
Peter Ray BLOOD
Nikita BRAXTON
Juhel BROWNE
Alexander BRUZAL
Wendy CAMPBELL
Kimberly CASTILLO
Clint CHAN TACK
Richard CHARAN [2009 winner [...]
2009-10-06 “Missing man’s family in fear.”
Missing man’s family in fear.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 6 Oct 2009
The family of missing MTS security guard Mozzaffar Ali has feared the worst.
Ali’s sister Sherrifa Ali-Badri pleaded for closure yesterday, saying if someone killed her brother she only wanted to locate his body. “All we want is some kind of closure. We [...]
2009-09-17 “Relative quizzed in teacher’s killing.”
Relative quizzed in teacher’s killing.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian | 17 Sep 2009
A close male relative remained in police custody up to late yesterday in connection with the kidnapping and murder of schoolteacher Bhasmat Seemungal-Akaloo.
Eastern Division officers, headed by Senior Supt Margaret Sampson-Browne, were working on several leads which they said could lead them [...]
2009-09-16 “Cop’s wife snatched from home…Kidnapped and killed.”
Cop’s wife snatched from home…Kidnapped and killed.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian | 16 Sep 2009
A police constable is assisting his colleagues in seeking out the perpetrators who kidnapped and killed his wife in east Trinidad yesterday morning.
The policeman, who is assigned to the Finance Branch in Port-of-Spain, was providing senior Eastern Division officers with [...]
2009-07-08 “As murder suspect ‘Docs’ laid to rest…Mother Molly sheds no tears.”
As murder suspect ‘Docs’ laid to rest…Mother Molly sheds no tears.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 8 Jul 2009
On the second floor of an apartment building at Plaisance Terrace in Laventille, Molly McCarthy sat on a couch peeling pumpkin. As she was putting together ingredients for a pelau, her 49-year-old son Ricardo McCarthy, also [...]
2009-07-07 “John John ‘rejoices’.”
John John ‘rejoices’.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 7 Jul 2009
Strains of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” blared from large speaker boxes placed at almost every corner of John John and Beverly Hills in Laventille yesterday. The scene on St Paul Street in Port-of-Spain was no different. Residents—with beer bottles and plastic cups of [...]
2009-06-19 “Autopsy shows…‘Baby’ Tecia strangled.”
Autopsy shows…‘Baby’ Tecia strangled.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 19 Jun 2009
The day ten-year-old Tecia Henry went missing, she was lured under a house by a man she knew, strangled with bare hands and then stuffed into a hole dug by a dog. These facts have formed bits of the evidence gathered by police [...]
2009-06-18 “Tecia’s mom appeals to gang members:Please, stop the war!”
Tecia’s mom appeals to gang members:Please, stop the war!
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 18 Jun 2009
Loved by the John John community, Tecia Henry, a Standard Four student of the St Rose’s Girls’ Primary School in Port-of-Spain, was looking forward to her 11th birthday party next Thursday.
Her aunt planned to buy a Dora doll [...]
2009-06-18 “Riot in John John as Tecia’s body found.”
Riot in John John as Tecia’s body found.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 18 Jun 2009
Incensed over the ghastly murder of ten-year-old Tecia Henry, hundreds of John John residents crossed “enemy territory” and surrounded apartments at neighbouring Block Eight seeking out their own justice yesterday. Tecia’s decomposing body was found two houses away from [...]
2009-06-17 “As Laventille women pray…Mom begs for Tecia’s return.”
As Laventille women pray…Mom begs for Tecia’s return.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 17 Jun 2009
They shouted, they cried and they pleaded. Scores of Laventille mothers gathered in John John under the hot sun yesterday and joined hands, praying for the safe return of ten-year-old Tecia Henry. As the appeals intensified, Tecia’s mother Diane [...]
2009-06-16 “Classmates pray for Tecia.”
Classmates pray for Tecia.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 16 Jun 2009
Tecia Henry’s Standard Four class at St Rose’s Girls’ Primary School, in Port-of-Spain, offered prayers on a small wooden table yesterday for their missing classmate. The pupils placed a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a framed photograph of Tecia, huddled [...]
2009-06-15 “Laventilleans join in search for 10-year-old girl.”
Laventilleans join in search for 10-year-old girl.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | 15 Jun 2009
The desperate search for a missing ten-year-old girl turned to near violence in the Laventille community yesterday, when scores of irate residents clashed with heavily-armed police and soldiers. In their bid to locate Tecia Henry, a pupil of St Rose’s [...]
2009-05-05 “Kidnap accused to face murder charges.”
Kidnap accused to face murder charges.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | May 5, 2009
Police seem to have made a major breakthrough in the disappearance of five young women in central Trinidad. A 31-year-old “PH” taxi driver is expected to be re-arrested and charged with two separate murders. The man, who is already before the [...]
2009-05-02 “Female suspect held in Central… Cops get new info on missing women”
Female suspect held in Central…
Cops get new info on missing women.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | May 2, 2009
A 27-year-old store clerk has given police key information to help them find five young women who went missing in central Trinidad. Among those was eight-year-old Leah Lammy, a student of the Edinburgh Government Primary School. [...]
2009-03-11 “Cops to pray for missing Leah.”
Cops to pray for missing Leah.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | March 11, 2009
Homicide officers are expected to hold a prayer service at the chapel of Mt St Benedict in St Augustine for missing eight-year-old Leah Lammy. Police sources said yesterday that lawmen, among them acting ASP Johnny Abraham, acting Insp Stanley Ramdeen and [...]
2009-03-03 “Man in court today for Leah’s kidnapping.”
Man in court today for Leah’s kidnapping.
By Geisha Kowlessar and Akile Simon
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian 3 Mar 2009
A cellphone belonging to eight-year-old kidnap victim Leah Lammy has led investigators to arrest a man described by police as a prime suspect in the girl’s abduction. Police sources said yesterday that shortly after Leah disappeared on [...]
2008-06-03 “Tattooed woman found dead at Manzanilla.”
Tattooed woman found dead at Manzanilla.
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By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Tuesday 3rd June, 2008
The body was nude.
The throat was slit from ear to ear. And the back of the heels chopped off.
A man, casually picking coconuts while walking along an estate in Manzanilla, stumbled upon the gruesome discovery during the early hours of [...]
2008-05-05 “$3m demanded in Talma kidnapping.”
$3m demanded in Talma kidnapping.
BY GEISHA KOWLESSAR
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Monday 5th May, 2008
Several people have been detained in connection with the kidnapping of businesswoman Philippa Talma.
Police sources said a $3 million ransom had been demanded for Talma’s safe return.
Investigators said the demand was made late on Saturday afternoon.
The arrests came after a contingent [...]
2008-05-05 “Body of fire guardian found in forest.”
Body of fire guardian found in forest.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Thursday 5th May, 2008
Another nude and disfigured body of a woman has been found in east Trinidad.
The victim has been identified as Nicolene Churaman and investigators probing her death have detained a relative for questioning.
The young woman’s face had been bashed in [...]
2008-01-21 “Kidnap victim still can’t smile.”
Kidnap victim still can’t smile.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Monday 21st January, 2008
Hers is a never-ending battle. It’s a battle to purge her soul of the many demons that have invaded it.
Kidnapped on her birthday one year ago, from the sanctuary of her Couva home and released 14 days afterwards, writer and former [...]
2007-04-05 “Kidnap expert: Don’t pay ransom.”
Kidnap expert: Don’t pay ransom.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Thursday 5th April, 2007
International kidnap expert Wes Odom has said kidnappings can only be brought under control and eventually eliminated if ransom demands are not paid.
But Odom admitted this was not often the case as distressed family members would willingly shell out huge sums [...]
2006-01-15 “Kidnap victim speaks of her ordeal.”
Kidnap victim speaks of her ordeal.
By Geisha Kowlessar
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Sunday 15th January, 2006
“Please return my wedding photo!” This was the desperate cry of former kidnap victim Beulah Lopez on Friday.
Lopez said police took the photo over nine months ago, when she was abducted from her home at Cumuto Main Road, Cumuto.
They are [...]
2005-09-22 “Eddie Koury kidnapping. Crime Stoppers offers reward.”
Eddie Koury kidnapping. Crime Stoppers offers reward.
By Geisha Kowlessar and Denyse Renne
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Thursday 22nd September, 2005
Relatives of kidnap victim Dr Eddie Koury yesterday pleaded with his abductors to release him.
Koury, 34, the nephew of Health Minister John Rahael, is believed to have been stabbed and bundled into a car by four [...]
