For the family of Brian Ferguson, the silence is becoming increasingly difficult to bear. More than two weeks have passed since the Belize City resident reportedly left home for a watchman job on one of the cayes, and not a single call or message has come through. His relatives say that is completely out of character for Ferguson, who always made an effort to stay in touch, even when working or spending time on the islands. With every passing day bringing more uncertainty and no confirmed word about where he might be, the family is now turning to the public for help. The family is preparing its own search, desperate to find Ferguson and bring him home. Today, his sister shares what they know and appeals to anyone with information to come forward.
On the Phone: Sister of Missing Man
“ I get a message from my mom, and she, she asked me if I saw my brother. So I told him, tell, tell her no, right? And she said, well I no di see ah round. I no di see ah round but da three days now and this da no Brian, he no just gwen and no call me or make I know. I said, well, Ma, I don’t know weh ih deh ’cause he no come to my yard yet. He usually come every Sunday for food. Two time now, he no come for food. So my mom said it’s going for two weeks and one day now he no come and she no see ah. Everybody say he was supposed to go to caye and work with some guys.”
Britney Gordon
“And you guys have not gotten that confirmation that he made it to Cayes?
On the Phone: Sister of Missing Man
“No, ma’am, we do not get nothing. Wa lady called me yesterday. I think that his boss when he mi di work before and she call me and ask if this is Brian sister. So I say yes, and then she told me, well, this are the number I get from Brian the last time he called me. And I say can you please send me the number? And then she sent it to me, and then she says, one time Brian called her, Brian told her if she can look for his social, to give her so he could go to Cayes. And then she say, she tell Brian, ih wa give her a call back if you find it. She said she called back the number, and no one answer. So they say that’s the last time she hear from Brian. They say, but no one answered the phone after that.”
The family says they are planning search effort near the Port areas and on the sea, locations they believe may provide leads into Ferguson’s whereabouts. Anyone with information that could assist in locating him is urged to contact the family at 661-8032.
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