Family praying for justice

Banfield’s mother Sherry Ann Lopez yesterday told Newsday that her prayers are that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) will be guided in the right path to address the murder of her daughter.

“Vengeance is not ours...it belongs to God and we have to remember Shannon’s faith and what she believed in and continue to keep that faith, for Shannon.

With our belief, we know God is in control and everything will be dealt with,” Lopez said.

She continued, “I pray for the police service to do whatever they have to do and to be guided accordingly into doing what they have to do. It is only God that is holding us up right now.” Lopez told Newsday that the family remains distraught over the entire incident and began counselling yesterday. “I am just trying to hang in there and the entire family is really having a hard time dealing with the death of Shannon.

We have started counselling and we are keeping the faith and trusting in God,” Lopez said. She indicated that the police are working on the case and information surrounding the matter keeps coming in, but she does not want to know as, “it is just too much to process.” “We have now started to go through our phase of mourning and we need to let the police do their work. This is how I am looking at it,” Lopez said.

She also thanked the nation for the “overwhelming” support to the family after Shannon’s death.