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Man, woman apparently kidnapped by
bandits
By Samantha Alleyne
Stabroek
News
A
23-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man
have been missing since Tuesday night, and it is
suspected that they were abducted by bandits who
used the woman's car in an attempted robbery at
Section `K' Campbellville early yesterday
morning. (See other story on page
3.)
Missing are Marceline Basdeo called
'Marcie' of 163 Leonora, West Bank Demerara and
Andre Ramphal of Subryanville. The two have not
been seen since Tuesday night.
Stabroek
News understands that both Basdeo and Ramphal,
who is the Managing Director of Anral Shipping
on Broad Street, attended Latin dance classes at
the Hotel Tower on Tuesday.
Father of the
young woman, Edward Basdeo, yesterday told
Stabroek News that his daughter left for her job
at Universal Airlines on High Street early
Tuesday morning. He said the young woman, a
University of Guyana graduate, usually attended
dancing class after work and would arrive home
at around 9 pm.
The grieving father said
that after his daughter, the older of two
children, did not come home at her usual time he
became worried because she would call on her
cellular phone whenever she planned on staying
out late.
The man said that about
midnight he and another relative decided to
travel to Georgetown in search of his daughter
and he reported the matter at three police
stations, Vreed-en-Hoop, Brickdam and
Alberttown. He said he was told by the law
enforcement officers that he would have to wait
until 24 hours had elapsed before he could make
an official report.
The man said that he
was told by his daughter's colleagues that she
left her place of work at around 5 pm. It was
also reported to him that she had attended the
dance class.
He said that searches
conducted by himself, relatives and friends
unearthed his daughter's clothing along with
other documents near DDL at the corner of Water
and Schumaker streets.
He said that the
clothes were his daughter's working apparel and
pointed out that she would have changed from
these into her dance gear and the clothing would
have been left in the car. Her cellular phone
was reportedly found in Linden and was handed
over to the police in that
town.
Ramphal's employees yesterday said
that they only knew something was amiss when
Basdeo's family contacted them and enquired
about his whereabouts disclosing to them that
the young woman was missing. The employees said
that Ramphal was known to Basdeo's family for
some time now and it was known that the two took
Latin dance classes together.
They said
they then began to search for their boss and
they were the ones who discovered his car, PGG
6982, locked in front of the Hotel Tower. The
car was taken away by the police who were
informed about its location.
Basdeo's
burgundy Corona car, PGG 232, was found
abandoned yesterday in front of the American
School riddled with bullet holes.
The
young woman's parents on hearing of the
discovery of the car travelled to the scene and
her mother, Joycelyn, began screaming and
calling the name of her daughter. She
subsequently fainted and had to be assisted by
persons in the area.
Up to late last
night, the police were continuing their search
for the two missing persons.
April 11, 2002
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