The body of an eight-year-old boy, who went missing on Friday, has been found floating in a river in San Fernando, east of here, reviving memories of the murder and disappearance of several children in recent years.
Police confirmed that the body of Daniel Guerra was found last night still clad in the clothes he was wearing when he left his home in Gasparillo. The body was in a state of early decomposition and a black bag was found close by.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Fitzroy Frederick said it was too early to say how the boy died.
Guerra went missing on Friday, after walking to a nearby parlour to buy two energy drinks.
“This is a heinous crime in which an innocent child has died…It is the kind of crime that deserves maximum punishment,” said Foreign Affairs Minister and parliamentary representative, Surujrattan Rambachan
“It encourages me even more to ensure the capital punishment bill (now) being debated in Parliament will be passed so that these kinds of crimes will be classified as murder one.
“There is no excuse whatsoever for the murder of an innocent child, whatever the circumstances. “I hope that the police will get to the bottom of this as fast as possible,” he added.
Guerra’s mother, Rona Indarsingh, had begged those who had abducted her son to release him “safe and sound.
“Whoever has him I hope that you have it in your mind that he is just a little child, he is an innocent child, he did no wrong. I just want my son,” she cried.
In recent years, a number of children, Akil Chambers, Amy Annamathudo, Sean Luke, Hope Arismandez and Tecia Henry, have either been murdered or simply disappeared. (CMC)
