A mother’s search for her missing son came to an end after she received, on Tuesday, a telephone call from the boy’s father saying the child is with him at his home in Berbice.

Although relieved that her son, Shakeel Flatts, 10, of Lot 123 Section ‘C’ Sophia, Greater Georgetown is safe,  Euclyn Burnette noted that, after weeks of looking for the boy, she is relieved; but feels that her child’s father could have informed her that he was taking the child away with him.
The woman told the Guyana Chronicle that Flatts has been with his father at Albion, Berbice since he vanished while they were at a church service on July 22, 2012; but neither the child nor his father had told her anything, and she was under the impression that the boy was missing and may have come to harm.
Yesterday, the relieved Burnette said she is happy her son is found, and she would like to be reunited with him, but his father did not say when he would return the boy to her.
The single mother of five added that her son had accompanied her to Kingdom Hall at Stone Avenue, Campbellville, Georgetown; and somehow, during the service, he had slipped away, and despite numerous searches, his whereabouts had remained unknown.
She explained that her son had gone away during daylight hours a few times before; but, at nightfall, he would spend the night by his aunt who lives in Sophia before returning home. Accordingly, she was clueless as to where he would have gone.
The pupil of Sophia Primary School is a habitual delinquent, who roams the streets while his mother is away at work, since she is the sole bread winner of the family.