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Three hours missing

March 12, 2026 | News
Minutes before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a 17-year-old student of a school in the Corporate Area took a taxi in the busy commercial district of Cross Roads, St Andrew, expecting what should have been a routine trip to extra classes minutes away in Half-Way Tree. The journey ended hours later in confusion, distress and unanswered questions after the teenager said she was abducted inside the vehicle and left with no memory of what happened during several missing hours. The reports did not indicate if the taxi was a red-plate carrier or a route taxi.
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