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http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161213/news/missing-woman-tells-of-abduction-assault-and-parang
Published on Dec 13, 2016, 1:12 pm AST
By Carolyn Kissoon
Heather Barriteau who was reported missing by her husband last Friday has returned home, telling a story of being abducted, brutally assaulted and dropped off at a parang in Marabella on Sunday night.
The day she went missing Barriteau, 35, told her husband that she was going to San Fernando to purchase some items.
Her husband, Devon Paul, launched a desperate search for his wife who had never left home before. He found out that someone resembling her was seen drinking at a bar in San Fernando with a man.
Paul was convinced that the man had taken his wife against her will and filed a report at the La Brea and San Fernando police stations.
On Monday evening, while searching for his wife in San Fernando, Paul received a call from the police that his wife was at the San Fernando General Hospital.
When he arrived, Paul said, he was told an incredible story of how his wife escaped death.
Paul said, “She was at the bar with a friend. And after leaving the bar she stopped a taxi going Point Fortin. But the driver changed the route and picked up two other men. She was taken to an abandoned house in Marabella.”
Paul said his wife was kept prisoner in a house by the men who forced her to sleep on the floor.
He said Barriteau tried to escape but the doors were padlocked.
“And on Sunday night they took her out of the house and dropped her off at another location in Marabella. One of the men were trying to pull her back in the car but a man was passing and he rescued her,” Paul was told.
Barriteau was then taken to the Carat Shed in Marabella where scores of people were attending a parang.
The Marabella police station is located metres away from the venue.
Paul said, “The man told her to sit and relax. She just wanted to forget about the ordeal so she remained there for a while. Someone saw her and asked if she was the missing woman. But she just wanted to get to me. She asked for a phone call but no one helped her out. The man told her it was late and she could spend the night at his sister's house.”
Asked why Barriteau did not go to the Marabella police for help, Paul said it never crossed his wife's mind.
He said Barriteau was given money the following day. She took a taxi and went to the San Fernando General Hospital. “She is diabetic and went for some help there. The nurses recognised her and called the police. That was when they called me. She went to the station and gave a report but I don't think the police took her seriously. She was allowed to come home. She is depressed because people are saying she ran away from me and went to lime. But they don't know the ordeal she went through. It was horrible,” he said.
San Fernando police said Barriteau was interviewed by officers.
rspann wrote:One look at that woman tells me she was never assaulted! No man could watch her and get an erection.
rspann wrote:Loving eyes see no wrong.
rspann wrote:One look at that woman tells me she was never assaulted! No man could watch her and get an erection.
matix wrote:Truly an amazing story
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20161214/news/womans-kidnap-parang-story-under-scrutinyWoman's kidnap, parang story under scrutiny
...cops review CCTV footage
Devon Paul and his beloved wife Heather Barriteau who said she was abducted and assaulted, but escaped her attackers.
THE incredible story told by a missing woman of being abducted, assaulted, and taken to a parang lime from which she could not escape, is under investigation by police with the help of the parang promoter who has video evidence showing the woman at his party.
Heather Barriteau's tale is also being scrutinized by readers who have questioned why she could not make a run for it, after being taken by her “abductors” to the Carat Shed bar in Marabella, which is located within sight of the police station.
However, her distraught husband Devon Paul, is standing by his woman. He said that Barriteau, 35, was depressed by the public reaction to what was a traumatic experience.
He said on Wednesday: “She does not wish to speak to anybody. She just wants the comments to stop. She is very disturbed by that.”
Barriteau, who was reported missing by her husband last Friday, was found by police at the San Fernando General Hospital on Monday after she was recognized by nurses as the missing woman.
Carrat Shed bar located on main road Marabella. -Photo: DEXTER PHILIP
On the day she went missing, Barriteau, 35, told her husband, Devon Paul, she was going to San Fernando to purchase some items. When he could not find her later that day, Paul launched a search for his wife, who he said had never left home before. He found out someone resembling her was seen drinking at a bar in San Fernando with a man.
Paul was convinced the man had taken his wife against her will and filed a report at La Brea and San Fernando police stations.
On Monday evening, while searching for his wife in San Fernando, Paul received a call from the police, informing him his wife was at San Fernando General Hospital.
When he arrived, Paul said, he was told of how his wife escaped death.
FIVE HOURS AT PARANG
Campbelle, who own the Carat Shed in Marabella, where according to Barriteau's husband, she was dropped off on Sunday night by her abductors, says he has his own view on the case.
“Members of the San Fernando Criminal Investigation Division (CID) came to my establishment on Monday accompanied by her husband and asked to see the CCTV footage from the previous evening, so I complied. We looked at the footage for about one hour and it shows a woman Mr Paul identifies as his wife entering the establishment at 1.30 p.m. on Sunday. She occupies a seat in the outer court and is observed having drinks with a male companion.
Campbelle said that during her five-hour stay (footage shows her leaving at 6.28 p.m.) she left the Carat Shed, took a stroll along the Marabella Main Road to return about 20 minutes later and rejoined her male companion where they had more drinks. He added that when she left her male companion, who was engaged in a conversation with someone, followed about three minutes after.
“I haven't viewed all the footage to see if she returned during the night, but I cannot understand how her account leaves out the five hours she spent there during the afternoon. I also asked the police while viewing the footage if she look like someone who was abducted or under any sort of duress.
Campbelle said that Barriteau's account of what transpires as carried in the print media has raised three cause for concern.
“Firstly, the community of Marabella already has a stigma attached to it and this further tarnishes its name. My community needs to get out of the morass it's in and something like this doesn't help.
“Secondly, the reputation of the police in Marabella is being tarnished,” Campbelle said, adding that while he holds no brief for the police, because of their close proximity they are being unfairly dragged over the coals.
He said his third concern was the negative publicity his business place was attracting. “I've been in operation for 26 years and my business doesn't need this type of advertising. People are now saying that if anyone is reported missing the police should check Carat Shed.”
Campbelle questioned Barriteau's claim that no one at Carat Shed wanted to help her by giving her a phone. “That is not the way my patrons think or act,” he said.
He's calling on the police to collect the CCTV footage before it is deleted from the system.
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De Dragon wrote:Devon yuh should shame tuh call yuhself Rasta. In fact you let down every single Rastaman with yuh pantyman ways.
