San Fernando businessman Kirby Mohammed has gone missing and relatives are now begging the public to assist them in finding him. Mohammed, a director of the popular Trinizuela Technical and Vocational College, was last seen around 3.30 pm on Saturday. His mother Linda Mohammed said yesterday that he went to Port-of-Spain to pick up some material for his Carnival costume designs but never returned. His car, a white AD wagon, registered PDC-5152, is also missing.
Saying she had made plans with her son to attend the eighth annual Kaiso at High Noon calypso lime on the grounds of Naparima Bowl, San Fernando, on Saturday, the worried mother said she was very concerned for his safety. “I was attending a meeting on Saturday and around 3.30 pm. He called a friend to say he was going to town to pick up some things. He said when he comes back we would go to the show,” Linda recalled. Around 6 pm when Mohammed failed to return, Linda said she grew worried.
“It was unlike him to do this. I felt that something was wrong. Normally he would say where he is. I kept calling his phone and all I got was his voicemail,” Linda added. Yesterday when Mohammed did not return home, his mother went to the San Fernando Police Station and made a report. She also contacted Insp Roger Alexander and Supt Johny Abraham.
“The police are looking for leads. We do not know what to think right now,” she said. She said within recent times Mohammed had stopped liming and drinking and began pouring all of his efforts into his company—Kirby Design Studios. “He was doing a lot of things. He was in the process of designing costumes for Miami and Grenada. I do not understand what has happened to him,” Linda said. His friends yesterday posted messages on his Facebook page asking anyone with information to come forward.
“I am praying right now that the police could find him. I am hoping that whoever has him will just take the car and release him. I want my son to be safe,” Linda added. Several friends and relatives gathered at the family’s St Joseph’s Village, San Fernando home yesterday to wait for news.
Anyone with information on the disappearance of the businessman can contact the nearest police station or call 290-4681 or 290-9390.