Unity teen staged kidnapping -police

The Unity, Mahaica teen, who was feared kidnapped after relatives received ransom demands via text messages, was found in a Festival City house early yesterday morning and is now in police custody after admitting she staged her disappearance.

Police said in a statement yesterday that Loretta Persaud, called ‘Stephanie,’ was found around 2:15 am by members of the Joint Services after a search at a house at Festival City, Georgetown. Two females and a man, who were in the house at the time, were arrested.

Persaud’s family initially reported to police that she had left her home at about 9:30 am last Wednesday to attend computer classes at