The main suspect arrested in connection with the disappearance of WASA worker Chris Rivers has been released by the police.
Investigators said yesterday that there was no evidence to prove that the suspect had anything to do with Rivers’ disappearance.
But during an interview with Guardian Media yesterday, Rivers’ distraught mother, Roslyn Rivers, called on the police to work harder to find her daughter. Roslyn said a white Nissan Tiida picked up Rivers from her workplace around 4 pm on Monday at WASA’s sub-station in New Grant.
“The police can trace that car. They can look at surveillance videos and see where the vehicle went. There must be something more that they can do,” a distraught Roslyn said.
In the meantime, Roslyn said all she can do is pray constantly that her daughter is safe and alive.
“I am begging that if someone knows something, please come forward. My daughter is a very nice person and she deserves a chance to live her life. She is my youngest child, I am begging please please let her come home,” Roslyn wept.
Relatives and friends have started sticking up flyers in the Rio Claro and Mayaro area in the hope of finding her.
But Roslyn said she remains convinced that her daughter disappeared after she walked out of an abusive relationship. She said the suspect’s family contacted her only once but the suspect has never reached out. She said Rivers met the man four years ago, they eventually moved in together and that was when the beatings got worse. She said Rivers at first tried to hide the fact that she was a victim of abuse.
“She would say she fell down and hit her face. It was only after she lost the baby in December that she told me how he used to abuse her,” Roslyn said.
Since Chris walked out of an abusive relationship last October she has been living in a state of fear, her mother said.
“She would call me when she reached to work, on her way to work and when she left work. She would lock the house and hide inside whenever she was at home. The man would come looking for her. He did not want to leave her alone even though he had other women,” Rivers said.
Investigators are asking anyone with information on the woman’s whereabouts to contact police at 999, 555, 911, 800-TIPS or any police station or via text/WhatsApp to 482-GARY (4279).