Maracas teen girl missing

FOR the last five days, Annessa Joseph, 16, has been missing, and her mother Ornella Joseph is pleading with her daughter to come back to their Maracas home.

"I missing my child and I praying for her to come home. I'm crying daily, I just hoping that they find her soon."

She was last seen on July 7 by her mother.

Eyewitnesses told Joseph they saw her getting into a red and white maxi at the bottom of the hill near their home.

Her mother had no idea where she was heading or why she left.

"Me and her was good that whole week. I here trying to figure out what would make her want to leave."

Her mother described her as "a person that keeps to herself, very quiet."

Joseph said if she saw her daughter soon: "I would feel like my heart just open up and I'll hold her and hug her and never let her go."

Annessa attends St Augustine Secondary School and will be going into form 4 when school restarts in September.

Her mother said, "The police said, 'If you all have any leads, forward it to us.'"

When contacted on July 12, leader of the Hunters' Search and Rescue Team Vallence Rambharat said they did have some leads, but they yielded nothing.

Anyone with information can call Hunters Search and Rescue Team 799-1453 or 800-TIPS or contact any police station or share the information via the TTPS app.