Man, 25, questioned after police find missing schoolgirl

A 12-year-old pupil of the Marabella Anglican Primary School, who was missing for three weeks, was found by police at a house in Sangre Grande last Monday.

The was girl was taken to the nearby Sangre Grande Police Station where she was interviewed. Police said a 25-year-old man has also been questioned. Police said the girl is safe and was reunited with her family.

On May 24, the girl disappeared from her Roy Joseph apartment in San Fernando.

She was last seen by her grandmother playing with her friends at a basketball court. According to a police report, at about 7.15 pm that night, residents also observed the girl walking near the basketball court.

However police said when her grandmother went to check, she was nowhere to be found.

The girl wrote the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination in May and is awaiting results. She lives with her grandmother and father while her mother stays in Chaguanas.

Relatives told Newsday they were happy the girl was safe and thanked police for their assistance.