Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has lauded the efforts of police in locating Shanice Jemmott who had been missing since February 17.
“Clearly because of the police consistency and determination, they were able to successfully locate Shanice and Webster Edmund,” Skerrit said in a statement on Tuesday.
He commended Minister for National Security Charles Savarin and the task force put in place to search for Jemmot and her alleged kidnapper Webster Edmund.
“I really want to publicly recognize the efforts of police and to say to them that this was a job well done and everybody is finally relieved that both individuals were found,” Skerrit stated.
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Representative for St. Joseph, Kelver Darroux, said the community is rejoicing over the safe return of Shanice.
“It is a joyous day and we are happy that she has been found. The joy being experienced now is very tremendous and I want to publicly commend the police for all their efforts. Forty days has elapsed and we were always hopeful that she would have been returned. As a friend of the family, I am very happy that she has been found,” Darroux said.
well they found her i’m more than happy thanx god
well is his problem now
let him deal with it
aLL I KNOW IS NOT ME THAT DO IT
i thank god the almighty for watching over shanice life, he was in control all the while, but i do not believe even if this man did this they must , they must burn him, know it was not man who gave him life , certainly it was the almighty father, : they should punished him the hard way not by killing him. u know his blood will be on who ever kill him i can tell u this . all we need to do right now is pray, that does not happen again to any more woman. peace and love.
thanks you guys lot
and i hope that every parent will protect their children
DON’T U ALL REALIZE WHAT IS GOING ON PPL? GOD IS ALIVE. THE TIME HAS COME. THIS WAS JUST A TEST AND NONE OF U HAVE REALIZED THE SEASON WE ARE IN. WHAT HAPPEN TO JESUS? 40 DAYS AND 4O NIGHTS. THIS WAS NOT A COINCIDENT. THIS IS WHERE INTELLIGENCE COMES IN. IF YOU ALL WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING JESUS IN YOU ALL LIVES ALL THE GARBAGE TALK WOULD BE SET ASIDE AND THINK OF THE MESSAGE THAT JESUS IS TRYING TO SEND TO US. TO SHANICE’S MOM MY LADY IT IS TIME TO GIVE YUR LIFE TO CHRIST IF U HAVEN’T. THIS WAS A TEST FOR ALL OF US BUT NO ONE REALIZED…… SO SAD….
GLORY TO GOD THAT SHANICE HAS BEEN FOUND. Again people in glass houses must not throw stones. Judge not for so shall you be judged. I only have one more thing to say.I am glad that with the tip of the young lady to the police (who is taking all the credit) who was able to find Shanice and her abductor, I just hope that she is paid. Even though she does not get the full amount, but at least the amount from the Government (20,000) should be paid to her. A reward is a reward.
Honestly….sometimes i do not know what to think about SOME Dominicans – whether they are naive, uneducated, uninformed, blind or just plain STUPID!!!!
Yes there are questions to be answered – but we should all be thankful that she was found ALIVE. The police found her ALIVE, I didn’t and you didn’t,.
So the blame the police for taking so long game is POINTLESS and SENSELESS. The negativity spewing form people’s mouths regarding the time the police took shows a lot about their understanding of issues. This case from the looks of it was not cut and dry. There seems to have been a lack of communication and cooperation from what I have read. We need to stop blaming the police for doing what they can with the resources they have.
I have heard about cases in developed countries where crimes like that occur – and guess what – often times, the victims are found DEAD, or are NEVER found.
So i commend the police for vigorously working with the little they had and for finding this girl alive.
I commend Skerritt for recognizing the efforts of the police in finding this child.
And for those who continue to sit behind the pcs spewing trash and nonsense… ask yourself – “What did i contribute to the search to find her?’
don’t think you just like us when it suits u.so please give me a break
i agree with u we all the same
Ok…first of all glad she was found and thank god she is alive after such along time,,,But. Seriously?????come on,the same area she disappeared??a month later???seriously????it’s a tiny island …why didn’t they find her so long ago?this is disturbing …we are in 2011 people ,not 1860!!!!!
Thank GOD that the young girl is back safe with her family were she belongs,thank to the DPF for thier hard work and every body else who assisted.
5yrs for every day he kept her40x5… plus 10yrs for every other charge they have against him. Make an example out ou him MR Skerrit. Shanice give God a chance in your live he has a plan for you.
First and foremost let me commend all Dominicans at home and abroad for taking such an interest in this case. Pat yourselves on the back for coming together and being united in this cause. I honestly believe that your voices were heard and I am proud to call myself Dominican.
Let me send my best wishes to the young lady. It will undoubtedly be a tough road ahead but I honestly believe that her new extended family will be right there with her to support her along the way. The police force for having found the young lady and arrested the perpetrator without incident. Well done boys. The prime minister for having echoed the sentiment of everyone who posted on this site in asking for the safe return home of the young lady.
It is with sadness that I read the sentiments inquiring about the Shanice’s part in this crime. Rest assured people this is a girl who was taken advantage of. She is a victim and that alone. She was manipulated and taken advantage of by someone who is nothing short of an animal. May the long arm of justice give him his just reward. (If the people do not get to him first)
People take care to not attach stigmas to this young woman. Afford her the courtesy and respect which she deserves. Allow her to resume her life as normally as she possibly can.
I do believe that the young lady could have been found sooner but I rather that she be found alive than in any other way. We can now move on.
dominicans low minded ppl ……..shanice am happy u alive my dear…..
I am very happy that Shanice is found safe and well.As a mother of two beautiful kids I cant imagine some one running away with one of my children.Dominicans need to wake up alot of this things is happening and the parents knows about it.Let us be a voice for the young ones who are so helpless.I will keep Shanice and her family in my prays.
When laws are put in place to castrate those suckers they will think twice. How could he do that to the poor child? 40 days in the bush like that man. I could help with hanging mister. I hope them police beat him all on his ‘grain’ when they caught him.
I am happy that the child is been found but she needs a thorough medical examination/ Anatomy and
Sensory functions also needs to be checked out. 48hrs examination and also psychological evaluation.
She is also going to need some counselling.
Who are the people who dare give thumbs down to this sensible comment? You have no sense in your heads or is it that you are not able to read properly.
“Thumbs up” it should be! I agree with her comment which makes good sense.
SHAME ON THE MAN,I AGREE
It is amazing the cr*p some people can come up with! Fairness are u a policeman/woman? do u no anything about search and rescue? were u on the team of policemen who spent countless nights searching tirelessly for the two individuals? when their families had to stay without them while they were in the bushes looking? how many persons have disappeared in D/ca and have not been found? we may be small but we have enough ravines and forest to hide. so ease up on the police please and give them their credit when it is due.
thank God they young lady was found alive.
harbouring a minor 5 yrs sex with a minor 10 yrs stagitorial rape 10 years kidnapping 10 yrs possesion of an unlicensed fire arm 6 yrs stealing groceries in a shop 4 yrs hidding from police 2yrs boy that is jail however dyer and dyer plead insanity apu – 2yrs lol
the dyers will reduce that 0-2yrs
congratulation to the police for finding shanice in 40 Days and 40 nights right under there nose excelent planing even if it took as long as it took god to make heven and earth ,and all there within thank you father 4 keeping her alive whilst it took the police tition to plan and stratigise.God saved u shanice not man for u God have a plan
Fist we must thank god for founding shanice alive and well,and also to the family members who never give up on faith.
irie vibes man ..im happy she ok ..dice aggggggain
consensual not consentual now you got everyone spelling it wrong ..
thnx to god for giving the police force strength to stay up and search for shanice……all their hard work was finally paid off.thnx be to god
After the police in utah eliminated elizabeth smarts parents as suspect they made it abundantly clear that the young lady was kidnapped and held against her will. I believe in this case the police should inform the public whether or not this young lady shanice was kidnapped or went willingly. We don’t need the details of what went on. All that we need to know is if she was taken against her will. What so complex about this? I mean you have people in a community on edge and if this is the first kidnapping in the area it won’t be the last. Because thats all one person need to think they can start abducting people kids. The country was in a big uproar and you all ask people to be concerned. Now that she is back it seems like there is a big cover up an I believe the family especially the mother was totally responsible for the disappearance of her child. Directly or indirectly she has a part to play in it. Something doesn’t seem right and the response of her mom was clearly very weird and unsympathetic . But hey….
Thank God Shanice has been found,Everyone concerned will now be at peace,
fourty days sounds like a longtime but its not considerin dominicas terrain, plus food and water are very easy to get. the police did a very good job. now the media should play their part and give the family some privacy. as for webster, hes gonna go a long time without a woman. maybe when he comes out he might even be one
What come out that???? they should give him life or execution and send his body ross.
why did skerro,,,, refer to mr as webster EDMUND,,,,, saying his surname was not necessary,,, from now on his name will be dumpster,,,, and skerro why did the police take so long to get them if they were so close,,, u should be pounding ur table in the commissioners face all now,,,, n e way God is greater than all evil combine n he never sleeps,,, he delivered the child to her family now let the repairing begin,,, monsters like Dumpter must be dealt with severely,,,, this guy needs a painful but slow punishment,,,, looking at this pic,,,, i must say shanice looks like a beautiful child who could have had a bright future but this monster tried to take it all away under the name of love,,,,, love causes no harm and love is patient,,, neither does love hurt,,, it’s us in our sinful devious and wicked ways who bring about pain in the name of love
boy look some stupid comments. i am grateful that shanice has been found, my best congrats to the DPF 4 a hard work well done. my heart is out to the family and close friends and relatives. BE STRONG and HOLD ON… SHE’S ALIVE…
I am very happy that this young lady shanice has been found it is just that we dominicans like to talk too much nonsense every thing is politics it is time that this should stop ok someone found that the policemen should find her before but that was something that we all should do the policemen are human beigns too we have a big island where someone could hide away so many hills and valleys in this place so let us be thankful to god for finding her in good health;THANK GOD HE ANSWERS PRAYERS.
The police was tipped off. It was not a police investigation as they would want us to believe and Skerrit knows it. The government was so concerned about the young lady that they convened a meeting on the matter one month after the young lady went missing. Now that is some serious concern…
are you reading what you wrote…idiot!!!!!! following tips is all part and parcel of a police investigation…your a**s!!!!!
Are you reading what you wrote… idiot!!!!!! being tipped off is not the same as investigating… your A**S!!!!!
“well is the police is we!” The public would be useless if they did not help the police, you expect the police to do it on their own. Don’t be silly.
They could have chosen not to take note of the tip off. Grow up, stop hating start appreciating.
That’s true, she still just a child but DEMONicans will be DEMONicans and can’t see when prays and help is what need.
WOW! It’s totatly unbelievable how insensitive, uneducated and uninformed our citizens are. Dominicans is a nation of evil intent no matter what. Why can’t they see no matter what they think or feel about someone that when certain situations befall them that they need need to keep their opnions to themselves. Some of our people are just to DEMONICan
@ Zafah Domniq
Demon…and so are you for speaking in such an ungodly manner as you generalize all Dominicans. The pot calling the kettle black.
thank God. give him thanks in everthing
hats off to the police,but i find its to early for congratulation.kidnapping which lasted for 40 days,hmm i wonder if they prepare for a serial killer,cause alot of crime are filtering in our society..one humb up for the commissoner,and two for the officer who arrived at the scene
Isn’t she lovely. He just wanted to take away a youthful life from. Eventhough you love her, you could have keep it in mind until she come of age and then try your obsession.
If we are to judge his age from the picture, by the time she is old enough, he would be her grandfather, and it still would be wrong.
If the guy Kidnapped her, as everyone else suggests, then he should be severely punished.
But my God, if he didn’t and she willingly followed him, she should also be punished. Not as severe as the guy should be, because he was much older than her, even if she didn’t act her age.
everyone should be held accountable for their actions.
As for the Police : did you all have a specific search area? Did you all have any sort of plan? as to where to look? This is Dominica, she was much closer than you all looked!
I am not sure… a great amount of gratitude is deserving. Glad that her family and the rest of us (her friends and neighbors) can stop worrying now.
Go ahead and dislike my comment, but I think i am saying the right thing.
Go with him willingly….are you out of your mind. A “thank you lord” would have sounded much better. You have no idea what she’s been through so i forgive your ignorance.
well hear wat family member if allu know she been through so much then allu should help her……i believe if it was kidnap or rape or something she wouldnt even live long…………..maybe allu self stressing the child and now coming and talk bout she has been through alot at her age she need love not drama………….what happen to allu?????thank god she home safe thats all…WHO VEX BUS
She is underage so even if she went willingly, he is still wrong. This is utter nonsensr. Just happy that she is alive and well. She will need serious counseling.
u idiot!!! the child is underaged….what u would punish her for???? in the eyes of the law she is a child….edmund who is d grown up should know better….go and act like a fool an take a underaged child with u with their permission nah if is sort u sort!!!
You know, I have said some pretty mean things about this case and I am here to eat my words! I have three children and I would lose my mind if anything happens to any one of them. I have pondered on this and I am elated the child is found! It really does not matter how or why she vanished; she is a minor and should be protected. Kudos to the police and villagers who did their utmost to bring this girl home to her family. May God bless everyone. I have a beautiful heart which is fueled with blood, not ice cold water. I feel relief her and her relatives.
…I feel relief FOR her and her relatives.
To Jah be the glory!!!
them lazy police solve one case and they are hailed as heros i am happy she was found but the police was only doing what they are paid to do nothing special
Am happy this child was found and also the young man .she is every one concern and she is being seen by doctors but let us not 4get the man also ,he to needs to see doctors .we need him to be in the best of health for his punishment .i sincerely hope justice will be done SOON so the family of this child can have some peace of mind and dont live in FEAR of her disappearing again :
“…we need him to be in the best of health for his punishment.”
I couldn’t have said it better. I like the way you put that. . Yea, ensure he is strong and healthy to undergo whatever it is which awaits him!!!
hahaha, yes I like that statement also..
i love the way you said”we need him in the best of health for his punishment.” i like that good one
i am glad that she is found safe but i was wondering why the head of police is holding out on information we all are Dominicans and we are interested on knowing a little about her where abouts but they are keeping all the information under cover while rumors are spreading. if we Dominicans was told exactly what took place people would not be giving false rumors. any ways i thanks God for her safe return.
Is beff you like , like that. keep on gossiping you will get no where. Its like rocking on a that gets you no where. That’s gossip.
did you ever think the possiblility of his following up with all of the reports that are said and he would have used it to his advantage to be one step ahead of the police.. there is a reason things need to be witheld so that the efforts to obe compromised for any reason!!!.. SHE IS HOME NOW AND THAT IS WHAT MATTERS…Honestly it is not the publics business unless you are out there helping and not being a bystander.
People lets all say {THANK YOU LORD} for you answer our prayers, we all can sleep sweet again, as for me, my heart is at peace.
I too would like to commend the efforts of the police and all concerned. A splendid job. Thanks!
i am happy to know that this girl is alive,do hope that she has not contracted any std’s, wish her well in her recovery.
Forty Days to find a child on such a small island with so few people is nothing to sing about. Even worse, the police saying the child never left the island. That is weak police work. People have been seeing the child and others knew all about this but the police could not get the necessary info or simply did not want to get it.
I am happy the child has been returned, but I think the police could have done much better.
Another thing, where is Weeks? Now the child is found and glory has to be given, Carette is on radio and weeks out of sight again. That is soooooooooo lame.
I AGREE WITH YOU. THAT EXPOSES THE INCOMPETENCE OF THE POLICE FORCE.
You are something else.Were you the one who found her?You are weak.I feel sorrier for you than Shanice,beause you are plain stupid.Where you expect Weekes and Carrette to be? I think Dominica is proud of the Police Force;if it was your effort that made them find Shanie..then Dominica is proud of you.@ what was your effort in finding her?
The police need to say whether they searched this area and how many times.
Isn’t Weekes is supposed to be the public relations somebody of the police force? When the Kudos comes the commissisioner has to be at the forefront. So we stay!!
My friend, don’t be too gullible. The police did not do any special work or investigating to find this child. Someone tipped them off, that’s all. Even people who don’t live in DA had more info on the child than the police right there in St Joe. You call that good police work? If that was your child, you would probably want to sue the police for their hopelessness.
I totally agree with you on that!!!!! Well said, I of took a back step on Weeks when I heard him this morning.. Like the policemen are supposed to get some kind of award for doing what they are paid to do…. 40 days on 289 square miles among 69,000 people, you can that the expectations of Dominicans are not that high if think that performance is worth so much praise…Tell them to watch 48 hours on A&E. where police are able to solve a murder in 48 hours among millions of people, sometimes covering several states!! We have so much to learn in our little Island, we are so far behind. Moreover, the child is not even 50 miles away from her home. There is much more to this story.
Not forgetting the number of unsolved cases in the US. N the thousands of innocent ppl sitting in jail. While time is very important in cases like that, it is not the only factor. For every crime they solve in the US there is an unsolved or wrongfully convicted. Read the stats
48 hours on A&E.. ARE YOU SERIOUS!!.. Dominica has hills, valleys, mountains, rough terrain!!! take your ignorance elsewhere.!!!
What are you replying to? Where did they find her? In a valley? On top of a hill? Who you calling ignorant? You think Dominica has more hiding places than America?? And you have the audacity to call people ignorant? Dominica can go in America 2 thousand times, You think America does not have hill and canyons and vast, vast, vast land? hahahaahah! Alas I forgive! If that will make you feel a little important, that’s fine with me, I don’t think you get many opportunities to feel important.
I like that, thats just stupid to compare 48 hours on A&E to our local police and resources. America has all it’s street cameras, high tec resources to find their criminals, we rely on the tip offs of our people. Thats what we have so thats what we use. Thank God shanice has been found. Typical dominicans, always want someone to blame
Why do you feel the need to defend EVERY comment which you disagree with? Your family member has been found, be thankful, let people express their opinion whether you like it or not. Go be with your family..they need you. I am happy that she is safe, but find YOU VERY disturbing! Get OFF the internet and go be with your family if you can.
“CONSENTUAL??” no such thing. She is a minor
consensual not consentual….
Love it is CONSENTUAL as in to give CONSENT or permission. Please don’t comment on people’s posts if you can’t spell no insult intended but you are trying to belittle someone else for their spelling when you’re the one who is wrong…consult you’re dictionary before you post please.
actually love the word is Consensual not consentual the t is dropped in the transformation
Idk if there’s a difference between the english and the american spelling however so you could both be right
please high marks in little dominica. she should have been found sooner. it’s lnot like theey were in a well stocked bsement, and even so domininica too small……….
No we are not too small. Start hiking you will understand. There are so many places to hide. There are so many places to throw a body = never to be found.,
its easier if you are tiny
I’m curious why initially it was said that their disappearances were unrelated though…just wondering?
Anyone could clear this up?
They did not want Edmund to run. I guess had he known that he was suspect, he’d maybe try to leave the Idsland. They do the same here in the US. Many times they KNOW the criminal’s identity but will wait, pretend, until they have enough to nabhim or her. When the public has too much knowledge or info, we tend to ruin the investigation! Just my two cents though.
your right
politrix dont be hating when it is good say it is good. the government has done well period!
wel done good and faithful servant.law men really can work under pressure.PM Skerrit is the best prime minister ever to be in DA.You and Charlo make a good team.i think you should give the law men who were involved in this rescue a raise and give them 40days of leave.LOL
Even in a situation like this, the big guns looking for their glory…..sacway sa-mweh-pa-konnet!
lol.. u have it there, they’re always looking for the glory when they have done nothing but run their mouths
think god that child is found i praed hard 4 that child
congrats to the dominica police force when the public think they sleeping they are wide awake as for that rapist i hope and pray no bail for that animal we cant trust to have that man out side straight to jail and i do hope other dominicans will agree with me think if it was your all sister all you friend all you child keep the animal lock up
you got that right sister that man to wicked
I AM HAPPY THAT SHANICE HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE. HOWEVER I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW IF SHE BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL. OR WAS IT CONSENTUAL??
i am happy that shanice is found and alive may god bless this family
over a month living in a cave with a tapolin cover with fire arms around! does that sound like a situation the child wanted to stay in? Don’t be such a FOOL
does it matter if its consentual or not.for christ sake she’s a minor.that s.o.b deserves to burn n hell for wat he did to this poor child.shame.shame.shame on him