Teen missing after visiting grandmother for holidays

Fifteen-year-old Yogeeta Sooknanan was supposed to spend the Christmas holiday in Cane Grove on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) at her grandparents but she was discovered missing on Christmas Eve Day.

Sooknanan, also called “Devina”, had lived with her grandparents since she was an infant and recently moved to Berbice with her parents to prepare for the upcoming Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Her grandmother, Nandranie (only name provided) told Guyana Times that the teen arrived at her house a few days before she disappeared. On Wednesday last, the woman said she retired to bed and when she woke up the following morning, the teenager was missing.
She received a telephone call later, allegedly from her granddaughter, stating that she was not coming home.
“She come to spend Christmas holiday. We sleep together and on Wednesday night, I get up, but I didn’t put on the light because the place was dark…When I come downstairs, I hear the phone ring and it was her. Then I run up to check and raised the alarm that I couldn’t find her,” Nandranie explained.
Relatives have since filed a missing person’s report. The family of a 24-year-old man was questioned, since it is believed that the teen is with him.
Persons with any information about her whereabouts can contact her relatives on 686-4645 or 257-0233 or the nearest Police Station.