The family of 72-year-old Cecil Joseph also called “Berty” of Lot 16 Kissoon Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the pensioner after he left his home the day after Easter Monday and failed to return.
The missing man’s son, Chaitanya Becunha, told Guyana Times on Monday that his father has been residing with him at Better Hope, ECD, for the past two years since the death of his wife.
Becunha added that his father would regularly visit his brother’s home and would return after a week or two, however, this was not the case. The worried son contacted relatives to check on his father but was told that he was not seen, hence he suspected something was amiss.
After calls to relatives seeking information on Joseph’s whereabouts proved futile, the desperate son went in search of his father during which he visited both the hospital and police station but this also proved futile.
“It got me really bothered now that’s where I decided to search. I went to do a search hunt at the hospital, I check with the police station and stuff like that, nobody knows anything. At this point I am kinda disappointed because he never said anything where he going and here it is, he gone missing” he related.
However, Joseph’s son revealed that his father’s disappearances are constant. Becunha told this publication that prior to this incident, his father at one time told him that he was heading to Venezuela for one week but surprisingly, he spent ten years in the neighbouring country before returning home.
The son is now of the belief that his father may have headed back to the country or even to Region One (Barima-Waini) since he was constantly expressing an interest in visiting the area.
“Since my mom died he was back and forth with us, from here to Venezuela all the time…he got some relatives in North West because he always wanted to go to North West, so I’m wondering if he gone out there now or he gone back to Venezuela, so I don’t know” he related.
Nevertheless, Becunha is worried as he related that his father suffers from memory loss among other illnesses. Becunha is, therefore, asking the public to forward any information on the whereabouts of Joseph by calling 638-0710 or contacting the nearest police station.
