Vanished without a trace — three years on, relatives of Gould Amsterdam call for cold case probe
Missing: Gould Marcelle Amsterdam
Missing: Gould Marcelle Amsterdam

IT HAS been almost three years since the pregnant Gould Marcelle Amsterdam left her home at Caracas, West Canje, Berbice, without a trace, leaving behind her two school-aged children, Akeesha and Javzel.Her sister Daneel Amsterdam, along with other relatives, is calling on the police to open the seemingly cold case, as was done in the Babita Sarjou matter.

The skeletal remains, believed to be Sarjou, were found on May 22 last in a shallow grave behind the Lot 51, Seaforth Street, Campbellville residence of Sarjou’s estranged husband Sharadananda Narine, who along with an accomplice has since been charged.

Daneel told the Guyana Chronicle that her missing sister who disappeared on October 5, 2013, had a son with Errol ‘Son Son’ Lindo, who was subsequently murdered at High Dam, Caracas, Mount Sinai, on April 18, 2014.

Following his death, his sister Dolly Rahaman, now deceased was recorded as saying that she knew of the whereabouts of the pregnant woman, and had promised the relatives that they would meet her.

Further, it was revealed that on the night Lindo was murdered, relatives received a telephone call, and based on the digital codes, they are of the opinion that the call emanated from neighbouring Suriname.

The voice, they claim, sounded similar to that of their missing sister. However, the person hung up the phone seconds later and efforts to return calls to that number failed repeatedly.

The relative said the family visited the office of the then Deputy Commander, Berbice Division, Stephen Mansel, and he too dialed the number but was unsuccessful.

Back then they were advised and printed fliers with their sibling’s information, which were given to a senior rank of the Criminal Investigation Department within the division, with the intention of having the leaflets filtered across neighbouring Suriname.

Relatives said, they were told that the local cops have a good relationship with their neighbouring counterparts, but to date, no response has been forthcoming.

In recent times, relatives are being told that their sister is buried at Sandvoort Village, West Canje.

WANT CLOSURE
“We want a closure, just like the mother of Babita Sarjou,” lamented Daneel Amsterdam. Whenever there is a family function, our sister is not there. We miss her. We want to find her, so we can find closure,” she reiterated.

“People, even the police are of the opinion that we know of the whereabouts of our sister. We do not know. We need a closure. My sister was expecting to deliver a daughter, according to an ultrasound. That girl would have been almost three, preparing to go to pre-school… we need answers,” Amsterdam pleaded.

On October 5, 2013, Gould Marcelle Amsterdam, then a member of the Neighbourhood Community Police, left her children at approximately 23:00hrs, telling her daughter Akeesha Daniels that she was going over to ‘Son Son’.

‘Son Son’ was Errol Lindo, who had lived about a hundred meters away, and had shared an intimate relationship with the missing woman, resulting in the birth of now 12-year-old Javzel Lindo.

WAS ABUSIVE
However, according to a sister Danell, the relationship initially seemed good, but became abusive in the latter years, resulting in a separation between the couple.

The sibling recalled an incident in which Lindo allegedly attempted to drown the mother of three, but was prevented from doing so by one Errol Lewis, who was passing by. A charge was filed against Lindo, and the case was being heard at the New Amsterdam Court at the time when she went missing.

According to reports, on Sunday morning, the 13-year- old Akeesha, on visiting a nearby Aunt, enquired whether her mother was at her house. After receiving a negative response, she reported that her mother did not sleep at home. Subsequently, telephone calls were made to her phone, but without any success, as the instrument was turned off.

“My sister never goes out without indicating where she was going. She was seven months pregnant, and the baby was in the breech position. Doctors had told her to rest, and that was what she was doing.”

It was noted that none of Gould Amsterdam’s personal items were taken away, except for a pair of slippers she would wear around the community. She was last seen with a white vest and a pair of black tights.

Following reports of the missing woman, police had arrested Errol Lindo after a search behind his home unearthed a sheet and a canvas rope.

“My sister has left without a trace. These things only happen in the movies.  My sister is not an angel, but she was industrious, independent and needs to be with her children.”

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Gould Amsterdam, called ‘Massa’ or ‘Greens Lady’, can contact her sister Daneel Amsterdam on  cell number 645 0593, or visit the nearest police station.

 

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