Disappointed by the police response, relatives of missing Morne Diablo resident Dave Cooper are now seeking the assistance of Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne to find him. Relatives believe Cooper, 47, may have been abducted from his home at Grant Trace over the weekend, a week after he received death threats from residents who accused him of being a police informant.
Contacted yesterday his sister, Denise Cooper, said they have not heard anything further from the police and no one has contacted the family. “Since the police came and dusted for prints we have not heard anything. I not bothering. We going to see Ian Alleyne,” said Denise. Cooper was last seen on Saturday night.
When he did not turn up at his sister’s home on Sunday, relatives went to his home where they found the glass pane of his front door broken and the back door open. They saw vehicle tyre tracks, plastic straps, his pants and cap at the back of his house. Cooper’s DVD player was also missing. Calls to his cellphone went unanswered.
Relatives filed a report at the Penal Police Station but it was only after making a second report at the Siparia Police Station that the police dusted his home for fingerprints.
• Anyone with information can contact Denise Cooper at 363-3829, Gerald Hodge at 383-8886 or the Siparia CID.