Sunday 9 May 2021
Former senator Verna St Rose Greaves offers words of comfort to the mother of murdered teenage Antonio Francois at the Forensic Science Centre in March. - AYANNA KINSALE
FORMER minister of gender, youth and child development Verna St Rose Greaves believes the Children’s Authority failed two teens who were killed after running away from one of their facilities.
Greaves, a career social worker and activist, responded to questions by Sunday Newsday on the double murder of Antonio Francois and Semion Daniel, both 15. The teens were shot dead on March 28. The two were among five boys who ran away from a children's home in Valsayn by squeezing through the burglar-proofing on March 20.