Girl, 15, disappears; $50,000 ransom demanded

Rashana Alexander

A 15-year-old girl has been reported missing and her guardians have since received a telephone call for a $50,000 ransom.

Rashana Alexander of Lot 421 School Street, Craig, East Bank Demerara, was last seen by her aunt and uncle on Saturday last, before she left for church. According to the girl’s uncle Michael Braithwaite, Rashana left home to attend service at a Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grove, East Bank Demerara. However, he and his wife later found out that there had been no church services but a conference in Georgetown instead. He said she was wearing a black skirt with a white top and had a blue and white purse.

Braithwaite said he has no idea whether Rashana attended the conference on that day, but some time on