Teen goes missing after visiting relatives on Soesdyke/Linden Highway

…almost one month after Police yet to offer assistance

Paula Ann-James, a resident who hails from Region One (Barima-Waini) is now seeking the public’s assistance in locating her 15-year-old son, Jesse James, who disappeared almost three weeks ago after being left in the care of his grandfather, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Guyana Times understands that the teen went missing sometime around September 11, one month after his mother left him in the care of his grandfather to travel back to the North West District to transact business.
The mother in an interview with this publication on Tuesday explained that she last saw her son on August 15, the day she left for Region One. The frustrated woman added that almost one month after returning home, she was contacted by a relative informing her that the younger James went missing.
However, according to James, upon inquiring about her son’s whereabouts, a distant relative known to them as Romeo James related that the teen was left in the company of another male at the Soesdyke Junction.
Nevertheless, the worried mother related that a report was subsequently filed at the Kuru Kururu Police Station but when the distant relative was questioned, another version of the story was disclosed to the police ranks.
“The last time I saw him was the 15 of August, I left him with daddy…Romeo came home September 9, and they called the Wednesday which was September 11. We don’t know him [Romeo] but we got to know him now that we’re here…When he [Romeo] call me through the phone he didn’t say he [son] was in any hotel. He said he left my son at Soesdyke in a car with a next man, who came together with him from Bartica. But now when I gone to report, the police call Romeo and he told a next story, saying that he left my son in a hotel” she stated.
Meanwhile, a cousin of the teen, who asked not to be mentioned, told this publication that even though a report was filed at the community’s police station, no action was taken, rather they were advised to look for the missing teenager themselves.
“So I went and make a report to the station and they didn’t do anything about it, they tell me that me and Romeo have to go at the hotel and look for the boy.” The cousin noted.
As such, they are asking anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the young James to contact telephone number number 678 6927 or the nearest police station. (Leah Hernandez)