Jamaica: 66-year-old woman disappears from Norman Manley Airport
It has been days of turmoil for the family of 66-year-old Hermalyn McFarlane, who has been missing since she arrived at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport on Friday.
McFarlane arrived on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Trinidad and Tobago, where she lived and worked for the past 30 years.
She had dementia and had refused wheelchair services but completed the required landing protocol with the assistance of an agent.
Her daughter Tanya Thorpe told The Gleaner that the senior citizen had left the building while the attendant picked up her mother's luggage in the baggage hall.
According to Thorpe, McFarlane's husband and a family friend waited at the arrival lounge but never spotted her.
Late Monday evening, the Airport Police confirmed that McFarlane had been reported missing. However, there was no update on their efforts to find her.
In the meantime, Thorpe said the search for her mother had been an emotional hit.
"I have to take something to sleep at night," she said.
McFarlane was last in Jamaica in 2019.
She returned to Trinidad and has since retired but has fallen ill.
Thorpe believes her mother may have become disoriented after flying.
She pleads for anyone who may have seen her mother contact the Airport Police at 876-924-8002 or 119.
McFarlane is about 5 feet 6 inches tall.
She is of dark complexion, slim build, full eyes, and wears a low-cut natural hairstyle.
McFarlane was last seen in black shoes, a black skirt, a white blouse, and a grey jacket.
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