Relatives of Irma Rampersad, who along with her grandchild and two of her daughters have not been seen since Sunday, are fearing the worst, as they believe their loved ones have been abducted. However, they are appealing to whoever has them to return them home safely. Speaking with the media at their Bleu Road, Brasso Seco, Paria home yesterday, Nicole Gonzales, and her stepfather, Peter Sylvester said Rampersad, 49, would never leave home in her bedroom slippers.
The fourth of Rampersad’s seven children, Nicole said her mother had one pair of shoes and if she ever left home she would use them. Sylvester said he and his wife had no problems and she had no reason to flee the home or in such a ghostly manner.
Holding one of her two children and forcing back tears Gonzales’ voice cracked as she recalled her last conversation with her mother. She said her mother called her on Monday to say she was taking her sister Felicia Gonzales, 17, a student of the Malabar Secondary School, to the Arima Health Facility. Checks there by relatives revealed they never made it.
Gonzales added that her sister Jenelle Gonzales, 19, would also never leave home with her one-year-old child Shania Amoroso without packing a baby bag for her, and since all the child’s belongings were still home she believes the family was abducted. Following the murder of Phillip Noreiga, 31, on August 4 in the area, Gonzales said her mother had been receiving threats by people who believe she saw something and was not forthcoming with the information.
She added that she was forced to move out the area for a while after those threatening her mother promised to kill her children and burn their house down. “My mother is a good woman, she don’t lime, she don’t drink nothing and my sisters are good girls., I really need to see my family, that is all I have. “We need to see them. They are peaceful people. That baby innocent, my family not in drugs in guns or anything,” Gonzales said, her voice breaking.
Gonzales said she heard a baby crying early on Monday, but thought nothing of it. Later that day her sister Jenelle called her and asked whether their home was broken into. She added that after that conversation she tried to call her family members but they never answered. On Tuesday she said someone called her phone from a blocked number, breathed heavily and hung up. Anyone with information about the location of the family is asked to contact the nearest police station.