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| Another Warning To Families; With A Missing Family Member-Please Read | |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Oct 2 2008, 11:17 AM Post #1 |
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Stop it! DSP warns families of missing persons against publicising contact numbers KIMMO MATTHEWS, Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com Wednesday, October 01, 2008 THE demands from unscrupulous persons on the family of 11-year-old Ananda Dean, have resulted in a strong warning from a deputy superintendent of police against the publishing of contact numbers by relatives of missing persons. According to the police, Ananda's relatives have been bombarded with calls from persons, who - instead of giving information as to the young girl's whereabouts - use the contacts to intimidate and extort money from the grieving family. "We want to call out to families, not just of the young Dean, to stop this practice. We are aware that in these (criminal) cases families may be anxious to be reunited with their loved ones, but the publishing of contact numbers by families of these victims (such as cases of kidnapping) is a serious situation," Deputy Superintendent Carol McKenzie of the police's St Andrew North Division told the Observer Monday. "We want to ask persons out there to work with the police as much as possible in dealing with these matters," DSP McKenzie added. Forensic tests are being conducted to determine if a child's body found in a precipice along Cypress Road in Belvedere, St Andrew, on Sunday is that of Ananda. The young girl - a student of the Swallowfield All Age who lived with her family in Grants Pen, St Andrew - was last seen on September 17 boarding a bus en route to Half-Way-Tree after school. Several of her schoolbooks were found a day after she went missing strewn along a pathway in the Pembroke Hall community. But prior to the discovery of the body, family members were said to be making arrangements to pay out a ransom to persons who claimed they had abducted the young girl. They also sent approximately $7,000 in cellphone credit to the so-called abductors. Some family members told the Observer that they had even made several trips to various points on the abductors' promise that Ananda would be there, but all turned out to be hoaxes. They said that on one occasion, they were asked to pay a ransom of $30,000, but the demand was later upped to half-million dollars. The family said they never involved the police as they were warned by the so-called abductors against doing so. But Monday, DSP McKenzie warned against such practices. "We want to appeal to the public in such cases, work with the police, because what you will find is that even if contacts are published and abductors should call families, in many instances they are not trained to negotiate with the criminals. "As a result they (family members) may even end up placing themselves in more danger," McKenzie suggested. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/2...BS_STOP_IT_.asp |
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| monkalup | Oct 3 2008, 06:37 AM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Thanks for posting this, Marian. How truly tragic that families are victimized twice this way. NO ONE besides a sworn police office still eligible to carry a badge should be asking family members questions, asking for information, proof of kinship or anything else. It is an outrage. |
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