Two days after she was reported missing, 16-year-old Shakeela Phillip was found in a house metres away from her father's Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain home.
The teen was last seen by her father, Sheldon Phillip, on Saturday night after he placed her in a taxi to Chaguanas. The teen lives in Carapichaima with her mother. On Monday, the teen was found disguised in a house in the same lane where her father lives.
Police said councillor Allan Samuel sough help from Port-of-Spain Division officers to free the teen, who had been in the house since Saturday night. The child's father was informed his daughter was there and confronted a 20-year-old and another 16-year-old.
Police officers lamented that the situation could have ended worse for the child and urged teenagers to communicate more with their parents.