THE 14-year-old girl who went missing last Wednesday and was found in a minibus a few days later, has completely ceased cooperating with investigators looking into the circumstances of her disappearance.The Guyana Chronicle was yesterday informed that the child who continues to visit the police station in the company of her parents for counseling by faith-based leaders and questioning by investigators have since left them with many unanswered questions.
On the first day of her interrogation, in the presence of her parents, the child told the police that she also saw two other girls at a house that she visited during the period she was away from her parents.
At the house also was one of the men who the police had in custody but was since released as the 72-hour detention period elapsed.
The girl, however, has refused to let the police know where she saw the two other girls.
Meanwhile police sources in ‘A’ Division, which is investigating the matter, have since confirmed that the three persons who were picked up — the 18-year-old, a 37-year-old, and the labourer who was picked up on the same day with a police constable — have all been released on $50,000 station bail each, and are required to continue visiting the police station on a weekly basis.
The police constable, however, who is stationed at the Highway Patrol Base, and who was said to be in a compromising position with the girl, according to her, remains under close arrest, as the ranks continue to probe the incident.
This publication was informed that the police are examining the possibility that the men involved in the disappearance of the child from her home might be key players in a Trafficking in Persons ring. Already the Ministry of Social Protection has been involved in the matter, following closely the developments with respect to the disclosures by the child.