12-year-old Mainstay girl found safe after being reported missing

Relief swept through the home of a 12-year-old girl on Saturday afternoon when police confirmed that the child, who had been reported missing, was found alive and is now back in the care of her family.
The girl, identified as Vevini Fredericks, had been the focus of an urgent missing person report filed by her mother, 47-year-old Maylene Fredericks, after she failed to return home on Friday night. According to the police, Vevini was last seen on Friday dressed in blue pants, a red top, and black slippers.

Once the report was lodged at the Suddie Police Station, officers in Regional Division #2 initiated swift action. A description of the child was circulated to nearby villages, and police ranks began working with residents to track her possible movements.
By late afternoon, officers confirmed that the search had ended successfully and that Vevini was safely reunited with her mother. The exact details of her whereabouts during the period she was missing have not yet been disclosed.
The case adds to an unsettling series of recent reports involving missing teenagers across the country. In the past week alone, police have been actively searching for two East Bank Demerara schoolgirls, 13-year-old Aneeza Bangatt and 15-year-old Shavine Russell, who disappeared on August 4. Both girls are students of Soesdyke Secondary School and residents of Supply, East Bank Demerara.
Investigators say the pair were last seen together leaving their homes at about 10:30 in a black 192 Toyota motor car bearing registration number PJJ 1933. They are described as slim-built, about four feet seven inches in height, with shoulder-length hair and brown complexions.
Despite multiple public appeals and the release of photographs showing both girls and a man reportedly last seen in their company, there has been no confirmed sighting of them since.
The East Bank case, combined with several other incidents reported in recent months, has intensified public concern over the vulnerability of teenagers and the circumstances leading to their disappearance.