TWELVE-year-old Rividlo Williams, aka ‘Buddy Boy’, of 53 Block 8, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, reportedly cannot be found, and his sister is asking anyone who may spot him to contact the family. Rividlo is a student of the Professional Learning College. His sister, Juliet Williams, last saw him clad in school uniform leaving for school on Friday, November 30, but he never showed up for classes.

Ms Williams told the Guyana Chronicle that her brother is not known to run away from home, despite him occasionally misbehaving, as is the case with any child.

She said her brother is in the habit of picking up things around the home, but would usually deny it when confronted.
The woman said that, on Friday morning, she sent the 12-year-old to the shop to purchase a phone card, pampers and soap powder; and he returned and said the money was not enough to purchase all those items. She questioned him about that claim and accompanied him to the shop, where the shopkeeper said the young man had paid her a certain amount of money but that could not have purchased all the items he had requested.

She said she engaged a conversation between the two persons and then decided to take her brother home and have him prepare for school.
While there, she continued to quiz the child about the money, and he told her he was going to get the money on the road.

She said that was the last time she had seen him. According to her, after waiting a while for him to return with the money, she decided to leave for work, but enquired from persons if they had seen him.

After a villager indicated that he had seen the young man in his school attire but was not sure where he was heading, Ms Williams assumed that her brother was at school. She said she left her workplace and travelled to the school, only to find out that the boy had not been there.
She said she returned home at noon and informed the rest of the children that Williams did not show up for classes. She said that, later that afternoon, the same man again told her that he had seen the child in out-of-school clothing and that he was on a cycle. The man said that at the time he was unaware that the child may have run away from home.

Ms Williams is alleged to have made a report at the police station, and was informed that a message has been sent out to the various stations, alerting them that the 12-year-old was missing.

She said that the boy has since not returned home, and she is getting sleepless nights and continues to wonder where he could possibly be. She said she has since sent a message to her mother at an interior location, the same place the lad had been living before he moved to live on the Coast with her just over three years ago.

Anyone spotting the child is asked to call the nearest police station or relatives on telephone numbers 680-9401, 685-1523, 660-0523, 667-9385, 260-2315.

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