Teen returns home, cops nab 44-year-old man

She had run away from the Eric Medical Sciences Complex, where she was being treated for asthma, She is expected to return to the United States with her father after she is medically examined and statements recorded.

Yesterday, the man told Newsday that when his daughter ran away he returned to Trinidad and began searching for her to no avail.

His daughter later contacted him and told him she was all right, but did not say where she was staying or who she was with.

He said he devised a plan to get his daughter to come home and on Sunday, when she contacted him, he told her he had something for her and she could come and collect it, as he was leaving the country on Monday (yesterday).

On Sunday, he said, his daughter came to his Wallerfield home while a 44-year-old man remained in a car parked a short distance away.

He said upon seeing his daughter, he was moved to tears and told her she could not leave the house.

He called the Valencia police and the 44-year-old man was detained and taken into custody.

Yesterday, the girl was expected to be medically examined and statements recorded thereafter.

The man said his daughter told him she was sexually active but was she was not pregnant.

Newsday understands this is the second time the girl, considered a problem child, ran away from home.

“I have to do what I have to do to take charge of my daughter’s life and ensure that she could hold her head high and become somebody and not be running around and being taken advantage of by persons,” the man said.

“When she is 18 years, she can return to Trinidad and take charge of her own life, but in the interim my daughter will have to abide by my rules from now on.” Yesterday, the Valencia police confirmed the 44-year-old man had been detained in connection with her disappearance.