00:00Two-year-old baby Angelo Tobias remains missing at sea.
00:05Earlier today, a team of marine experts led by Alvin Douglas and his team members
00:13dived off Goodwood, Tobago in search of the toddler.
00:18Tobago police are also continuing investigations.
00:21Police reports are that around 7.30 p.m. on Monday,
00:2522-year-old Khalifa Tobias of Goodwood Main Road was at home when checks were made for her son,
00:33Angelo Tobias. The child was subsequently discovered missing.
00:37The mother immediately conducted searches in the surrounding area and made inquiries with
00:42nearby residents. However, all attempts to locate the child proved unsuccessful.
00:48The child is described as being of mixed descent, light brown in complexion with a round face.
00:55He was clothed only in pampers at the time of his disappearance.
01:00Officers of the Tobago Divisional Task Force responded to the report in Goodwood, Tobago.
01:06During subsequent searches, officers observed what appeared to be the body of a toddler in
01:12the waters of Goodwood Bay. However, it later disappeared beneath the surface.
01:18Shortly before 12 noon, efforts were made with the assistance of divers to search for the body.
01:24Marine safety and security services expert Alvin Douglas and a team of divers combed the area on
01:32Tuesday morning without success.
01:34Well, I got a call from the police service approximately 8.30 or so, asking for assistance
01:44and on a search and recovery. At that time, I didn't have the details. I got the details and it
01:51came up.
01:52So we mobilized a team of rescue divers and we're up here trying to make sure that we can assist
01:59us as best as we can.
02:00What do you feel about the situation? Once again, another search?
02:06Yeah, you know, we are surrounded by waters and most of the villages are on the coastline.
02:13So, again, it's inevitable that these kind of things are going to happen.
02:20On the Atlantic side of the island is where the island is exposed.
02:26It's very, very difficult to conduct a search and rescue in this kind of a condition.
02:31Behind me located is the house where two-year-old Angelo Tobias allegedly walked from straight into the sea in
02:40Goodwood, Tobago.
02:41So, villagers are now questioning this.
02:44The Victim and Support and Witness Support Unit has been engaged to provide support to the family,
02:52while the Child Protection Unit has also been notified.
02:56Assistant Secretary, Community Development and Social Protection, Akeel Franklin, spoke with the media.
03:03Can we just see us supporting the family in such a time as this?
03:10I have spoken to a few members of the family, and they are all just at this time quite emotional.
03:18I just offered my support, more or less.
03:21That's all I'm here for, to offer support, allowing them to know that the Executive Council stands with them even
03:28through this time.
03:29Reporting for TV6 News, Goodwood, Tobago, I am Elizabeth Williams.
03:38I'm happy to hear us participar soon.
03:38I have a tough one.
03:38You don't have a talk where you at all.
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