Chaguanas mother of one Sharlene Somai told relatives she was leaving home to buy a phonecard at a nearby parlour on Tuesday and has not been seen since.
Somai, 23, of Petersfield Road, Chaguanas, left home around 7.30 pm and her brother Christopher, 22, says her family is now frantic to find her. She was last seen wearing flower-patterned shorts, a brown strap top and brown slippers.
Christopher said his sister would never leave her four-year-old son.
“She is accustomed going to the parlour for phonecards because it is about one minute walk from our house. When we noticed a little later in the evening that she had not come back, we started calling her cellphone non-stop but she never picked up,” he said.
“She would not leave her son and it is not like her to stay out overnight, as she was supposed to go and open her food business for 4 o’clock this morning in the Bamboo.”
Around 3 am on Wednesday, another of Somai’s brothers discovered her cellphone on the porch of the family home. Her car was still parked in the garage.
Somai lives with her mother, brothers, her son and her common-law husband, Suraj.
The family made a report to the Chaguanas Police Station yesterday morning.
Anyone with information on Somai’s whereabouts is asked to call 800-TIPS or contact the police at 555, 999, 911 or any police station.