BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – ANOTHER 17-year-old male has gone missing and efforts are being made by family members and the police to locate him.
Missing is Jakeel Alford, the son of Lorna Alford and Clive Malone of Willets Project, St. Paul’s.
According to Police Press and Public Information Officer Sergeant Stephen Hector, the Verchild’s High School student was last seen at 7:55 a.m. yesterday (June 7).
“Efforts are currently being made to locate him. Anyone having any information regarding his whereabouts is kindly asked to contact the St. Paul’s Police Station or the police station nearest to you,” Hector said.
Efforts made by this media house to acquire a photograph of the missing teen were futile. Sergeant Hector however promised to provide one soonest but hopes that the young man is found long before family members could supply the police with one.
Alford is the second teen to have gone missing in just over a two-month period.
On Saturday (Apr. 28), Dylon Clarke of Church Ground, Nevis was last seen in the vicinity of Moon’s Bar in Church Ground at approximately 6:00 p.m.
Since then, a number of searches were conducted by family members, friends, the police and the Nevis Disaster Management Department to find the teenager.
Assistance was also gained from a K-9 Unit of the USVI Police Department, which provided a cadaver tracking dog with two handlers, but they also failed to locate Clarke.
The family has posted an EC$10 000 reward for information leading to his find and such information can be passed on to the nearest police station or to a family member at 760-8095.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S NOTE: SKNVibes has this morning (June 9) managed to secure a photograph of the missing teen, but is requesting anyone with a much better photograph to kindly provide same in order for the public to better identify him if seen.
UPDATE: Police this morning (June 10) have provided a better photograph of the missing teen.
