Family worried as matriarch missing since February 8

A St Catherine family currently fears the worst over the disappearance of their relative, Dorothy Brown, who has been missing for a month.

Relatives of the 71-year-old said that she was last seen on Monday, February 8, around 5:30 p.m. wearing a white T-shirt, floral purple skirt and a pair of black slippers. She was also carrying a green purse.

Brown, who has five children, has dementia, which is a major cause of concern for her family.

THE STAR understands that Errol Montague, one of Brown's twin sons, had visited the Spanish Town Police Station on February 11 to file a missing person report. He said a constable took a statement, then instructed him to go by the Central Village police, who would have jurisdiction over the matter.

Montague told THE STAR that he followed instructions and went to that station the same day where he made another report. But when the news team contacted the constable who reportedly took the second report, she said she was not aware of the matter and was unable to give an update on the investigation.

"We don't know what is happening," said Freda Simpson-Montague, Errol's sister-in-law. She said that her mother-in-law, a former kindergarten school teacher, is well-liked and could not see a reason for anyone to harm her.

"She is a very warm person, very loving. She is quiet. She is a God-fearing person who loves her children and grandchildren. I just don't know who would even want to harm her in any way because she is a very kind-hearted person," she said. Simpson-Montague, who lives in the US, added that the family is going through a very difficult period and would like some closure.

"We just need to know what has happened. We just want to get it out there and hope that somebody recognises her because there have been reports of a lot of scary stuff from there (Jamaica) that we fear might happen to her. We are all distraught right now," she said.