After 8 years, no sign of Sharday

Eight years after nursing student Sharday Emmanuel vanished, her father, Junior Emmanuel, is still desperately seeking answers and closure. He believes skeletal remains discovered seven years ago in Santa Flora, Trinidad, belong to his daughter.

Sharday disappeared on June 27, 2018. A year later, charred human remains were found near an oilfield. Junior Emmanuel contacted the Southern Homicide Division, hoping the remains would be identified as his daughter's. He was shown photographs of the remains, and investigators confirmed they had been in the abandoned oilfield for months.

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Well, I know that the pictures I saw of burnt remains found about a year after Sharday’s disappearance is hers because of a piece of fabric still on the remains.

Emmanuel noted two key details from the scene: a pleated skirt found near the remains and the location's association with a man his daughter knew. He had hoped forensic examinations would confirm the identity, but DNA testing has faced setbacks. The first DNA test from his samples was inconclusive, and results from samples taken from Sharday's mother are still pending.

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After two DNA tests, one inconclusive and one we never got the official results of I’m hopeful that the Homeland Security Minister can get involved and see for himself how the burnt remains fabric and the picture we have of Sharday wearing the same material and pattern matches...and send those remains to get tested again.

"I know that the pictures I saw of burnt remains found about a year after Sharday’s disappearance is hers because of a piece of fabric still on the remains," Emmanuel stated in a recent interview. He is now appealing to the Minister of Homeland Security, Rodger Alexander, for assistance, hoping the minister can help expedite further testing by comparing the fabric on the remains with a piece of clothing Sharday was pictured wearing.

Police questioned a man known to Sharday, who was later released. Emmanuel feels the investigation stalled due to the inconclusive DNA results, leaving his daughter officially considered missing and the suspected perpetrator free. He believes authorities know who is responsible but cannot proceed without definitive identification.

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The authorities know exactly who is responsible for her disappearance but because of the inconclusive DNA result she is still considered a missing person and the demon responsible walks among us.