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Twelve-year-old girl missing for three weeks
Kaieteur News-A 33-year-old mother is in desperate search for her 12-year-old daughter, who has been missing for three weeks.
Missing girl: 12-year-old Shanacia Edwards
Shanacia Edwards, a student of Tucville Secondary School was last seen in her school uniform outside the school’s compound on January 20, 2025. In an interview with Kaieteur News on Monday, her mother, Shennel Edwards said that she realised her daughter went missing after the child’s father went to pick her up from school at 15:30hrs but could not locate her. Shanacia, the eldest of three children, lives with her mother, two younger siblings, and stepfather at Lot 1777 Princess Street, Georgetown.
Shennel recounted that she and Shanacia’s father would usually take her to school and bring her home afterwards. However, on the day of Shanacia’s disappearance, both parents were unavailable and arranged for a taxi to take her school. “She (Shanacia) went to school with a taxi after her father said that he can’t come for her. The taxi confirm it dropped her off at school. The vendor at the school said yes the taxi driver dropped her off and when the taxi left, the child come out to buy something at the gate and by time she (the vendor) raise up she head, she ain’t see back the child because she was going to ask her where is she going,” Shennel explained.
She further explained, that upon Shanacia’s father arrival to take her home, she was nowhere to be found and was told by students to look for her at Eve Leary Sports Ground. “He went to pick her up and them children tell he that it had sports going on at the Eve Leary and they could check and see if she is there but he checked and we never see her back from since then to now,” the emotional mother said.
Shennel said that Shanacia does not own a phone but would use other students’ phones to contact her mother. However, when Shennel reached out to those students’ parents, they were unable to help her locate her daughter. On January 22, Shennel filed a missing person report at the Alberttown Police Station. “When I call patrol and the patrol came and assisted me, and searched a house because someone told me that she went at this house but when we reach there, there was nobody like her,” Shennel said.
A flyer with the missing girl was posted in Georgetown
According to the mother, she does not know any of Shanacia’s other friends or associates to reach out to. With days turning to weeks and police unable to locate the child, Shennel is deeply distressed and has taken matters into her own hands by distributing flyers with Shanacia’s picture around Georgetown. “I gave them (police) a picture of her but since then I didn’t hear anything back from police,” she said.
Holding back her tears, Shennel shared the emotional toll the situation has taken on her. “It is hard because three weeks now, your 12-year-old and you not getting to find her. I can’t sleep, I have nobody to go to so I reached out to Miss Broomes (Simona Broomes) and we started a search.” She added. “I just want a safe return of my child because I’m worried, getting sleepless nights and is three weeks now and the police haven’t given me an update since I reported the incident.”
Shannacia was described by her mother as a calm, intelligent child. Anyone with information about Shanacia Edwards’ whereabouts or who may have seen her is asked to contact her mother at 617-6362, 660-9445, or the nearest police station.
(Twelve-year-old girl missing for three weeks)
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