Ten years later, Police renew hunt for teacher who abducted baby

In baffling disclosure, the Guyana Police Force on Sunday issued a fresh wanted bulletin for Candace Adonis, a 29-year-old teacher accused of a baby abduction that occurred a decade ago.

The case, which first drew headlines in 2014, has resurfaced as authorities continue their search for Adonis, who is now wanted for child stealing.

The unsettling events began on January 13, 2014, when Adonis, 19 at the time, allegedly took a four-month-old baby named Miracle Angel Prince from a daycare in Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

Adonis was charged and appeared before Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where she faced accusations of attempting to permanently deprive the baby’s mother, Samantha Price, of her child.

During her initial court appearance, Magistrate Zamilla Ali remanded Adonis to prison.

The charge against her was deemed serious and indictable, so Adonis was not required to enter a plea at that stage.

It is believed that she later secured bail and was released from prison.

The prosecution, led by Sergeant Ayesha Gibbons, said then Adonis had visited the daycare pretending to be the child’s aunt. Under the guise of familiarity, she managed to leave with Miracle Prince.

Adonis allegedly transported the baby to a house in Pouderoyen, on the West Bank of Demerara, where she handed over the child to a married couple, Carlton and Shameena Jeremiah.

She purportedly claimed the baby as her own and asked the couple to care for “her baby” until her return. The situation took a dramatic turn when Police intervened. Following their investigation, they managed to locate the baby and reunite her with her relieved mother.

Despite the resolution of the immediate crisis, the case against Adonis continued to unfold.

Now, ten years later, the search for Adonis has intensified as authorities renew their efforts to locate her and bring her to justice.