Jennifer Henry, mother Akeem Bissoon
The teen’s mother is suspicious of the reason the man and her son stopped at the airstrip. She said he told her a different version of what happened as compared to what he told the police.
She said he told the police that, “he and my son was fishing at the waterside and he had to clean the fish and he left Akeem by the waterside to take in the fish to the camp. And when he go in and come out back, he ain’t see Akeem by the riverside. Akeem Slipper alone was there.”
But he told her that he was cooking and Akeem was sitting at the door, “when he turn around within two to three minutes, Akeem was nowhere at the door, when he came out and look back he was nowhere to be seen,” she continued.
Henry who visited the area said that it is not safe for a child. She wants her brother-in-law to take responsibility and tell the police what really happened.
“Well I would really like for my brother-in-law that was responsible for he [Akeem] at the time, to be held accountable and I would like to ask him to talk the truth, what really happen at the time of my son’s disappearance… once he talks the truth we will know where my son is,” the crying mother said.
Before Bissoon went on the trip he told his mother that he wanted to finish school. Although he was having some behavioural issues at school, the teen was determined that he would write his Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams next year.
“He always tell me, “mommy when I finish writing CXC, I want to do a trade. He wants to do construction and electrician…He a very passionate boy, very passionate,” she described her son.
According to Henry, her sister and brother-in-law claim to love her son but they haven’t been very helpful in searching for him. Instead, she had to contact the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and the Region Seven Commander, Dion Moore, both of whom assured her that the search is ongoing.
Persons with information on Bissoon’s whereabouts can contact his mother on 684-7056 or the nearest police station.
