Teen disappears after leaving barbershop

Apr 04, 2021 News

Missing Joel Skeete

Kaieteur News – “Mom I am coming home,” was the last words a mother heard from her son before he went missing on March 31, after leaving a barbershop at the Harbour Bridge Mall located on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).
Joel Skeete, 19, a fulltime student of the University of Guyana, disappeared sometime after 19:10 hrs. that night. Skeete’s mother, Lorenza Griffith, said that the Harbour Bridge Mall is located some 20 minutes walking distance from their home. She recalled that earlier that evening, she followed Skeete to the East Bank Public Road and watched him walk over towards the Harbour Bridge Mall.
She had returned home to wait for Skeete. Griffith said that around 19:10 hrs., he called her and said that he had finished cutting his hair and was leaving the barber to come home. She added that because of the hour and security concerns she had advised Skeete not to walk home, but to take a taxi from the Nandy Park Entrance.
After he hung up the phone, Griffith waited with the expectation that he would arrive in at least ten minutes. Those ten minutes turned into hours and days of waiting, because Skeete never made it home. She tried calling his cellphone but got no answer. His friends and other relatives have not seen him. The taxi drivers at the Nandy Park Entrance did not see him either and related that on the night he went missing, no one matching his description went there to hire a cab.
Skeete was last seen wearing a dark red T-shirt, dark grey long jeans, and red slippers. He also had a Samsung J5 cellular phone in his possession with a blue and gold case. As Griffith continues to wait for her son’s return home, she is asking if anyone knows where he is or might have seen him to please contact her on 233-6368/618-7834 or his uncle on 611-1004. They can also contact the nearest police station.