Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Melanie Roberts-Radg­man has ex­pressed sad­ness over the dis­ap­pear­ance of two-year-old An­ge­lo To­bias-Plaza, say­ing the in­ci­dent has cast a heavy cloud over To­ba­go and sparked broad­er con­cerns about the safe­ty and pro­tec­tion of chil­dren.

A sev­enth sus­pect was held in con­nec­tion with the dis­ap­pear­ance of An­ge­lo. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the in­ves­ti­ga­tion is now at a sen­si­tive stage.

The child’s moth­er, Kali­fah To­bias, 22, and her boyfriend, Shan­non Miller, 25, re­main in po­lice cus­tody af­ter be­ing de­tained on Fri­day af­ter­noon.