{"id":2039,"date":"2019-01-04T19:48:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2019-01-04T19:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:48:08","slug":"two-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2039","title":{"rendered":"Two missing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sashane Shakes and Onel Bailey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One senile, one dumb<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many celebrated happiness and\ntogetherness and brought cheer this past Christmas, two communities in the\nparish of Hanover have been in unrest since Christmas Eve as two elderly men\nwent missing two days shy of each other during the recent Christmas holidays.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing are Osbourne Leslie of Haughton Grove, Hanover and\nLennox Stone of Esher in Lucea. Septuagenarians, Leslie, 74, and Stone, 70,\nwent missing on December 24 and 26 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stone, who went missing on Boxing Day, is 5 ft 6 inches,\nslim built and is of a dark brown complexion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was spotted by a taxi operator who glimpsed him walking\nalong the roadside en route to Lucea around 5 a.m. on December 26, wearing a\nplaid shirt and brown shorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon hearing of his father\u2019s absence, his son, Kirk Stone,\nhas flown to Jamaica from New York to assist in the search. \u201cIt\u2019s been crazy.\nI\u2019m printing flyers and putting them all over the place asking everybody if\nthey\u2019ve seen him. I\u2019m running around looking for him like a chicken with its\nhead cut off,\u201d said the younger Stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk, however, is particularly concerned about his dad\nbecause he\u2019s senile. \u201cIt\u2019s been seven (7) years since he\u2019s been senile, and from\nthat day he\u2019s never been left alone,\u201d said Kirk.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk remarked that stoves and other household appliances\nwere removed from Lennox\u2019s house years ago after it was found that he would\nleave the fire on and forget to turn the stove off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lennox is the lone occupant of his residence, where his son\nleft him in the capable hands of Faye, his neighbour and caretaker, and with a\nmemory that comes and goes in glitches, the able-bodied Lennox is usually\naccompanied to the supermarket, barber salon and to the bank to collect his\npension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Osbourne Leslie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to Kirk, on the eve of Christmas Eve (Sunday\nDecember 23), Lennox was paid a visit by his sister, Dawn Gordon, who was\nvisiting from Florida. After his sister left, Lennox told Faye that he wanted\nto \u201cvisit her one of these days\u201d. Kirk has surmised that his father went to the\nold family house in Lucea (per the report of the taxi operator) but after\nrealizing that the building had been abandoned, he began his trek home and\nforgot his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire community of Esher has rallied together in search\nof Stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In another area of Hanover called Haughton Grove, the family\nand friends of Osbourne Leslie have been searching endlessly for him since\nChristmas Eve. Leslie, who is affectionately known as \u2018Boy Boy\u2019, had a stroke\nin his head two (2) months ago, which rendered him dumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was last seen leaving home in a white merino and white\nshorts, presumably heading to a nearby shop in his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leslie is 74 years old, about 175 centimetres tall and is of\ndark brown complexion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe give up, me no know which part fi search again,\u201d cried\nElaine, who is the sister of Leslie\u2019s niece. \u201cHim a quiet smaddy, him no mek\ntrouble and the young people them love him. We just want him come home.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone has seen or heard from Osbourne Leslie or Lennox\nStone, please contact the nearest police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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