MS Maise Preville of 298 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown had gone missing from her home last December; has returned home, and is completely mum on where she had been, although family

members have made several attempts to solicit information from the 65-year-old grandmother.
Relatives who spoke to this publication last week told the Guyana Chronicle that the woman turned up at the home of a family friend in Lodge, and that person telephoned the family with the good news that the woman could now be located.
Her granddaughter, Melissa, told the Chronicle that the woman was not at the friend’s home when she was reported missing, since checks had already been made at the friend’s home. Melissa explained that her grandmother turned up at the home of the friend and requested that her relatives be informed that she was safe and all right; but efforts to elicit information from her, including an explanation for the goodbye note and the items left for her granddaughter, have all been in vain, because she is not saying much about the issue, and has only told family members that she needed some time for herself.
One week ago, Preville’s relatives approached the media to report that she had gone missing after a relative had awoken and had found that she was missing from her room. Searches and calls to family members and friends of the woman had revealed that she was not seen by any of them, and no one knew where she had gone.
This publication was informed that the woman had left, among other things, her dentures, jewellery, bank cards and other personal documents and effects, along with a goodbye note on her bed. The goodbye note had stated that the items were for her granddaughter.
One relative had told the Chronicle that she had spoken with the woman the night before she had disappeared, since the woman had requested, earlier in the day, to see her; and they had even spoken on the telephone late into the night.
At the time of her disappearance, Ms Preville was mourning the loss of her sister, who was yet to be buried; and family members had suspected that the woman was finding it hard to cope with the death of her sister.
With Ms Preville now back home, even though refusing to speak of her whereabouts the past week, relatives may never know what led to her disappearance, and what her thoughts were at the time that she had disappeared without trace.
Further, family members worry that they are now forced to keep an even closer eye on the elderly woman, who lives with her grand-daughter, who is employed in the media and who is not always at home to keep a watchful eye on her.
The woman’s reappearance has since been reported to the police, since a missing person’s report had been made and they had sent out a message alerting all ranks and stations about the development.