The Kaieteur Tragedy was more than adequately covered

Sep 15, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
This is in response to a letter by Leon Suseran who complained about the poor coverage of the story concerning the woman who disappeared during a visit to our famous waterfalls. I followed that story from the time it broke and, even though I found it annoying that half of each article covering the mystery was repetitive, I realized it was for the benefit of readers who might be reading it for the first time. Even though I wanted more information concerning the “why” she might have been distressed, the newspaper reporter covering the story cannot concoct a story for his/her reader.
They went to the home of the missing woman twice and on both occasions the relatives were tight-lipped about the reason for her leaving home. The reporters did ascertain that she was not a doctor as reported earlier, and her claiming to be with a British group discovering some caves was untrue.
They also stated where she had previously worked. I’m not sure what Mr. Suseran expected that was not covered, but the reporters could only write about the information they uncovered. Hopefully, now that the body is found, the police will get into it and interview the family to find out what might have motivated her to, as it appears, commit suicide over the falls.
Over the past few weeks, nothing much was reported in the newspaper concerning this, simply because there was nothing to report. I expect the next article on this tragedy would come when the family throws some more light on a possible motive for her disappearance or when her body is found. And so it was.
This story was more than adequately covered. Now I expect an article that would cover her motive but this depends on what information the relatives (or inquisitive neighbors) are willing to divulge. As a footnote, there isn’t much more the authorities at Kaieteur Falls can do to prevent people from leaping over our famous falls.
I recall a previous incident a few years ago involving a female. Until a few years ago I was not aware that my country rated this high in the world where suicide was concerned. However, I’ve noticed much effort being made at home in the area of suicide prevention and hopefully, that will yield positive results. The key is to have someone be there for those who are depressed and see no way out. Loneliness is a killer.
Malcolm Alves

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