The search for a missing teenager Tejornie has entered a new phase following a string of unconfirmed sightings across the island, with a prominent local community activist pressing public officials and medical institutions to step up coordinated intervention efforts to locate and secure the vulnerable youth.
In a public statement released over the weekend, community organizer Mary John outlined multiple separate sightings of the teen recorded on Sunday alone. According to John’s account, witnesses spotted Tejornie in five distinct locations: near the salt pond adjacent to the desalination plant off Fort James Beach, across the residential neighborhood of Villa, in the Yorks district, along the busy thoroughfare of Central Street, and even moving around his parents’ own property during the quiet early hours of the morning for brief, unobserved visits.
John emphasized that one of the most pressing unaddressed questions in the ongoing search is where Tejornie has been staying overnight. Pinpointing the teen’s resting location, she argued, is the single most critical piece of information needed to guarantee his personal safety and facilitate a safe, successful recovery before any harm can come to him.
Beyond coordinating the public search effort, John also called for immediate procedural changes at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre. The activist explained that Tejornie remains in need of a full psychiatric evaluation before a planned potential transfer to the specialized Clarevue Psychiatric Hospital, and she urged hospital leadership to tighten security protocols to stop the teen from leaving the facility without authorization again.
In John’s view, Tejornie’s specific mental health needs mean he must be placed in a structured, controlled clinical environment to allow his condition to stabilize. To accelerate the search, she has appealed to residents of high-traffic areas including Bay Street, Dredge Bay, Yorks, and Fort Road to proactively share the teen’s photograph across local social networks and community groups, and to report any information about his recent movements to search teams or local authorities immediately.
As of press time, official law enforcement and government agencies have not issued any public comment confirming or denying the accuracy of the reported sightings shared by John.