The system has failed, says a father of nine whose first born son left home to meet a friend in the Maracas St Joseph area and was found murdered in Morvant the following morning.
Chris Simon, 51, told the media at the Forensic Science Centre, St James yesterday that all he could do now was have faith in God that he and his family would get justice after his son, Christopher Simon, was found murdered at Poinsettia Drive Morvant on Wednesday morning.
Residents had reported hearing gunshots the night before.
“The system failed me. I have nothing to say other than that. I not pointing no fingers, the man above I leave everything to his hand.
“I not going to see any man on the block and say boy I hear it’s you because I am not that kind of man.
“I stand up with my son and provide for them and go the distance with them. But this… this hard… this is my first boy” Simon said.
The father of nine, seven sons, said his firstborn received a phone call and left his Maracas, St Joseph home without telling his grandmother where he was going or with whom.
The next day, Simon said, he went to see his son and other children but was told his first born was not seen since the day before and no one heard from him that day.
He denied reports that his child was involved in any criminal activity, adding that his son did roofing for a living.
“I don’t know why anyone would do this. But I would say he was never in this gang thing, so I don’t know what trigger this.
“He never come with complaints. He don’t resemble anyone who might be a criminal from the area neither. I just holding faith and be strong,” Simon said.