Cops say kidnapped boy still alive

ALTHOUGH 28 days have gone by since six-year-old Marc Prescott was kidnapped, police investigators, believe the child is alive and safe although they have no clue to his whereabouts.

“We are following up every and all leads, but sadly we still do not know where he is. However, we believe Marc is still very much alive,” a senior police source told Newsday yesterday. Police have dismissed speculation that the child was killed by his abductors and his body disposed of. Police sources said they believe the child may be with a relative and is not in any danger. Initially a $150,000 ransom was demanded by the kidnappers but police now think that may have been a just a plot to trick them into thinking it was a kidnap for ransom. Prescott, a second year pupil at the San Fernando Boys RC School, was abducted as he was leaving his school on May 14. Police have since established links with their counterparts in the United States and Canada. One of the theories is that Prescott may have been taken out of the country after he was kidnapped.