IN an emotional interview with Newsday, Candy Jageshar spoke about her missing 21-year-old son, Thomas Vasquez, who disappeared in Antigua on April 15, just one day after returning to the island for work.

Speaking through tears during a phone interview on April 30, Jageshar described her son as a carefree but deeply responsible young man. She insisted his silence was completely out of character.

Jageshar, who is in TT, said, "He is not lackadaisical: he always calls twice a day, sometimes more. If he's missing home, he’ll call three or four times a day. For him not to call at all... this is very, very unlike him.""