The family of missing Point Fortin mechanic Arnold Quashie is now offering a reward for information leading to recovery of what they now expect to be his body.This is because Albert Quashie, the father of the missing man, has given up hope that his son is alive. However, he said he cannot rest until a body is found.
He expressed the suspicion, "that Arnold may have been killed and dumped in one of the oil wells or dams in the Petrotrin fields area where the car was found. Because we are searching everywhere and we still have not been able to find him."The senior Quashie is now seeking the help of state-owned Petrotrin to search their fields.Petrotrin corporate communications manager Gillian Friday promised to communicate with their security to explore the possibility of this happening.
Quashie said flyers, some courtesy the Vehicle Maintenance Company (VMCOTT), where Arnold was employed as a mechanic, have been posted in public places in Point Fortin, Erin, Sobo Village and environs, but they had yielded no information to date."We continue to search, the police continue to search around the area where his car was found. We are not giving up, we want closure," the emotional father said.
"We have to get him. I need to find him at all cost. I will not be able to rest if I do not find him. We will continue searching until we find his body."One of the leads the police are investigating is that a "hit" was ordered by someone in prison because of a woman.
Arnold, 29, of Salazar Trace, Point Fortin, was last seen on the Point Fortin taxi stand on July 14.
A taxi driver told the police two men initially approached him to hire his car but he refused the job. He said Arnold, who was plying his private Nissan Almera for hire, accepted the job.The next day the crashed Nissan was found abandoned on Field Road, along with his slippers and car keys. Arnold, the father of one, was nowhere to be found. The car e was taken to the forensic testing station at Cumuto, where it was dusted for fingerprints.
Quashie said he was not aware of whether the police were able to lift any prints from the vehicle. He said the police still have the car in their possession."It's three weeks and five days now my son has gone missing," he said."I want some help to find him. I have lost a couple of pounds since this thing happen. It is not a nice thing for a parent to go through, especially when you know your child not involved in anything. It real hard on me, but I am not stopping, I am not going to give up."