15-yr-old Latiffa still missing

Forty-eight hours following the Boxing night disappearance of 15-year-old Latiffa Marks from the ‘Main Big Lime’ on Main Street in the city, her distraught relatives have still not received any leads as to her whereabouts. However, concerned for her safety, her distraught mother, Lisa Sagon, reported the matter to the Brickdam Police Station late Monday afternoon, and yesterday informed the Child Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security as well.


The teen, who lives with her parents and other relatives at 257 Forshaw Street, Queenstown, left her home along with five other family members, including two female adults, to attend the national street fair on Main Street on Sunday, but apparently got lost in the crowd. 

On realizing that she was missing, the other members of the party informed another elder cousin who was at the fair, and a search was made, but this was in vain.
Even though several telephone calls were made to friends and loved ones that same night, no one claimed to have seen the missing girl.

Deeply perturbed over the disappearance of her child, the mother immediately thought of seeking the help of the police, but was advised that they should make their own enquiries within the first 24 hours, after which it would be appropriate to make a formal report to the police.

The family spent the first night making several calls to other relatives and friends and waiting in anxiety to receive a call from her, but nothing materialized.

Early the Monday morning, around 07:05 hrs, an elder cousin of the home, received a telephone call on the family’s land line. It was a female caller, informing her that Latiffa was coming home in a taxi. The woman did not go into details, neither did she give her name or any indication as to where the child might have spent the night. Latiffa’s cousin who took the call, enquired where was she (Latiffa) coming from, and the woman caller replied: “From Front Circle,” and hung up the phone.

Nothing more has since been heard of the missing girl, but the police and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security have been informed and are pursuing the matter.

Meanwhile, the tearful mother, who has already spent two anxious days and nights in waiting, is regretting bitterly that she did allow her daughter to attend the function. “It is the first time that I have allowed her to go to that function,” she said, adding that on one occasion in the past, she personally took the children to the Main Big Lime.

Ms. Sagon is appealing to anyone who might have seen Latiffa or heard anything of her whereabouts, to kindly call the nearest police station, or contact the family on phone numbers: 656-8294; 644-9012; 231-6369; 697-1187 and 216-2383.

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