19-year-old vanishes after leaving barbershop

The family of 19-year-old Joel Skeete of Lot 329 King Street, Republic Park, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is soliciting the public’s assistance to locate him after he disappeared on Wednesday evening.
Skeete is described as 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 200 pounds. His mother, Lorenza Griffith, has told Guyana Times that her son was last seen on Wednesday at about 19:00h wearing a dark red jersey and a pair of dark grey jeans.
She said he had gone to his regular barbershop at the Harbour Bridge Mall for a haircut, and at about 19:00h, he reportedly left the barbershop and was seen flagging down taxis to be taken home.

Griffith explained that her son would usually use a taxi to get home from the barbershop since the area where they live is prone to robbery.
“He would usually walk over the road from the barbershop and then walk to the taxi service by Nandy Park Entrance. For safety reasons, we have agreed that he should take a car, because there have been instances of people being robbed while walking in,” Griffith explained.
Griffith has explained that she became worried when she made attempts to contact him on his mobile phone without success. She says her son is a fulltime University of Guyana student who is usually at home most of the time. She posited that it is unlike him not to come home.
“He’s a very quiet child, he likes to be on his computer,” she added.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Joel Skeete is kindly being asked to contact his mother Lorenza Griffith on 233-6368, or to inform the nearest Police station.