WESTERN BUREAU:
As joy over the recovery of 18-month-old Akelia Patten reverberated from a remote north Clarendon district to the city streets of Montego Bay, a clear motive has not emerged despite family claims that a soured romantic relationship may have been at the root of the dramatic gunpoint abduction.
Angela Patten, the grandmother of Akelia ‘Paris’ Patten, breathed a sigh of relief following news that her granddaughter had been found after an intensive police investigation over a heart-stopping 72 hours.
She believes that the case turned on the power of prayer and her belief in divine deliverance.
“I am a praying mother. It’s been a lot of pressure on me ‘cause I cry go and I cry come,” Patten told
December 11, 2020
Akelia Patten
Family members of Akelia Patten, the 18-month-old child who was abducted on Monday, are breathing a sigh of relief after the baby was reunited with her mother yesterday.
The police said that the child was dropped off at the Fairview Shopping Complex, in Bogue, Montego Bay. The child was taken to hospital and examined and the result showed that she appeared to be in good health, so she was returned to her mother, a police officer told
THE WEEKEND STAR.
Baby Ackelia was wrestled from the arms of her mother in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday.