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Families of two missing Las Cuevas fishermen have formally reported them missing to police, months after they disappeared in April and were later suspected to be among two Trinidadians killed in a US military strike in the Caribbean in October.

According to a police report, a relative of Chad Joseph, 26, of Salvary Lane, St. Michael’s Village, Las Cuevas, filed the missing person’s report at the Maracas Bay Police Station on November 1. The report said that Joseph was last seen and heard from on the morning of April 25, when he said he was going fishing but never returned.

Police said while giving her statement, the relative became agitated and appeared to be messaging on her phone. Around 6 pm, she told the investigating officer she wanted to consult her attorney before continuing and declined to sign the partial statement. An hour later, attorney Keron Ramkhalawhan contacted police, advising that his client would not provide further statements.