Teen mysteriously disappears from mining camp in Reg 7

A worried mother is pleading with the public to help her find her only son, who allegedly disappeared without a trace at the Aruwai airstrip in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on June 14.

The teen’s mother, Jennifer Henry, said her 16-year-old son, Akeem Bissoon, of A Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was last seen by her brother-in-law, Andrew Harlequin, with whom he was staying at Aruwai airstrip.
In an interview with Guyana Times, the woman said at the time Bissoon went missing, her brother-in-law claimed he was cooking inside the house.
“My brother-in-law tell us that Akeem was sitting outside at the door and within two to three minutes Akeem disappear and was nowhere. His phone was left there and he find his slipper in the trail,” she said.
The woman said even though her son went missing, her brother-in-law never called to inform her of her son’s disappearance. She said it was until someone else called her, that she found out that her son was missing.
“He never called and tell me anything. It was until Wednesday my next sister’s husband called and told me about five that Andrew say that Akeem missing. So, I asked him [her other brother-in-law] since when and he say today [June 15] mussy about lunchtime.
“Right away I try to get on to Andrew and I couldn’t until in the evening I call him again that’s when he told me Akeem missing. So I ask him when really he missing and he say today [June 15], and I say you sure and I was crying,” she said.
Henry said she began begging the man to tell her the truth about her son, and his story changed immediately.
“…I beg him to tell me the truth. I said there is a God, you are a big man, talk the truth. I said you know Akeem is my only son. When I told him that is then he say Akeem missing since yesterday afternoon [June 14] like 5:00 pm.”
The woman said her son had left Georgetown on June 8 and went to Region Seven with her brother-in-law. She said the teen has been living with Harlequin and her sister since he was three years old.
She said she had left her son with the couple since they offered to keep him while she worked to provide for her family.
“…he ends up liking there, so I let him live with them,” she said.
Henry said since the teen went missing, the Police have not been showing any interest in finding him.
“… the Police went to the location for one day, they search and came out back the next day so no proper searching was done. So far, no Police don’t call me. I’m not getting any proper support or help from anyone. Right now, I’m trying to keep the faith just hoping and praying to find my son alive and I know I will find him,” the worried mother said.
The teen was last seen wearing three-quarter pants, brown boxers, and no shirt. The family is asking anyone who knows the whereabouts of Bissoon to contact the nearest Police station or his mother on 6847056.