Brother and sister go missing weeks apart

A distraught father is now struggling to cope with the disappearance of two of his children over the past three months.

Dennis Berry, a father of nine from Dalvey, St Thomas, said his 14-year-old daughter, Sammara Berry, went missing since last Tuesday.

Three months earlier, his 26-year-old son, Oneil Berry, went missing. He has not been seen or heard from since.

"Yuh see when mi son first guh missing, a weeks it tek mi fi eat food. Right now mi nah eat. Everybody a call mi, ask mi if mi eat and if mi all right, but mi nah eat. Mi nuh all right. Almost every day mi call both a dem phone. Miss mi kids dem," said Berry.

At the time of his disappearance on April 9, Oneil, a labourer of Stewartfield district, St Thomas, was on his way to see his girlfriend, who was pregnant at the time, but he never reached her. She has since given birth.

In the case of Sammara, the Golden Grove police said that she was last seen leaving home for school about 9:30 a.m. on July 6. She was wearing a pink blouse, blue jeans and a pair of pink sneakers. All efforts to contact her have failed.

Not the same without her

Samantha Gunter, her mother, is pleading for her to return home. She says her relatives miss her and the family is not the same without her.

"Sammara, mi just want yuh know seh we love yuh and everybody a break down, everybody a cry. Please come back home," said Gunter.

The mother said that Sammara left a note behind indicating that she was heading to her father's house. She also said, in the note, that she missed her brother, Oneil.

The elder Berry, who is a father of nine, said Sammara did not turn up at his house.

"Mi jus wah fi know mi daughter all right. Wherever she is, mi love har and just wah know seh she all right," the heartbroken dad said.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Sammara Berry is asked to contact the Golden Grove police at 876-982-2733, Police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.