…“How can I sell my son?” – mother on Police question
Missing: 10-year-old Jormin Thomas
Ten-year-old Jormin Thomas, a resident of D’Edward Village on the West Coast of Berbice, has been missing since April 18, 2023. His family is now appealing for the public’s help in locating him as they are frustrated with the response from the Police.
According to the child’s mother, Carla Thomas, Jormin left his home at around 22:30h to visit his stepfather on the night of April 18, to collect some documents. She said she stood at the corner of the road and watched her son walk to the location that is not far from where they lived.
“The place is not far, and the street had light. When he collect the documents I watched and he was walking coming back to me with them in his hand. Same time, a car pulled up and distract me. The man was asking me questions about how many children I had and I point up the street and I show him that is my son.”
“The man look at me and say he ain’t see nobody coming there…So me say uncle [the driver of the car]…he then tell me come in the car and we went and look for him. He told me to go home and my son will come home and he dropped me home,” the woman said.
Thomas said after being dropped home, she went back out on the road and searched for her son until 02:00h in the morning. She said she subsequently made a report to the Police and CCTV cameras in the area were reviewed.
The footage that was also seen by Guyana Times showed the child heading toward his stepfather’s location before returning and heading in the direction of his mother, who was waiting for him at the head of the street.
However, the child never reached his mother. It has now been 10 days, and the family is increasingly anxious for Thomas’s safe return. They say that any information, no matter how inconsequential, could be crucial in finding their son.
“Today [Saturday] the Police call me to the Police station and they did a video interview with me. They told me that they were told that I sell my son. How can I sell my son? For money?” the woman asked.
The family is asking for the public’s assistance in bringing Jormin home.
He was last seen wearing a yellow t-shirt, boxers, and grey boots. His family is urging anyone who may have seen him or has information on his whereabouts to contact them at 682-4652 or the nearest Police station. (G9)
