Police lapsed in Shannon case

No longer can the police wait 24 hours to see if a missing person turns up, only to find, as in this case, the person has been murdered. Banfield’s mother, Esther Sherry Ann Lopez, had already passed the relevant information to the police and they lapsed.

If this crime is not solved, do we women become paranoid, afraid to go anywhere, even downtown? I am ashamed of the Police Service and of this country. My thoughts, prayers and tears are with the Banfield family. May they get justice in order to find peace.

DARLA MOORE Santa Cruz