No word on kidnapped boy

LITTLE MARK Prescott would have spent a third night in captivity last night, as up to late yesterday his kidnappers had not contacted his family.

Police were reportedly tracing two telphone calls made to Mark’s father, Wayne Prescott, from a phone booth in Princes Town. Kidnappers have demanded a $150,000 ransom for the boy’s safe return. Senior policemen said they were dilligently conducting investigations into Mark’s abduction, the latest and the youngest victim in a recent spate of kidnappings in the country. 

Mark was abducted on Wednesday from his school, San Fernando Boys’ RC School at Harris Promenade, San Fernando. He was last seen by a teacher running out of his Second Year classroom to meet the bus which usually transports him to and from school. The boy’s disappearance was reported to school authorities by the bus driver after the youngster could not be found on the school compound. Investigations are continuing.