Businesswoman Millicent McCurdy has doubled the reward to an impressive $1 million to get information that will lead to the recovery of her daughter Medikk.

“The first reward didn’t unearth any new information regarding my daughter’s disappearance. I am just not getting anywhere. There has been no ransom, no communication. The police are even unable to find her phone. So I have doubled it now because I need answers. Somebody somewhere knows what happened to my daughter, and I intend to find out,” McCurdy told OBSERVER ONLINE.

According to the police, 29-year-old Stephanie Williams was last seen wearing a black blouse, black tights and a pair of black shoes. She is of brown complexion, slim build and is about 5 feet 7 inches. Anyone with information can call 311, and if the information leads to her safe return, they will have access to the reward.

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McCurdy, a successful businesswoman from Westmoreland, has also penned a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, where she complained that her daughter’s disappearance has not been “a top priority for the lawmen.”

“It has been 17 agonizing days, and the progress in the investigation has been disheartening. It feels as though this case is being drawn out,” she wrote.

She intimated that the police force has not allocated a lot of resources towards her daughter’s case.

“There has been other instances where cases like these were or have been treated like first priority. There has been a new case regarding a woman and her infant missing and within 12 hours it has been treated as a first priority with all hands on board because it involves a Member of Parliament. The situation is heartbreaking, we are all Jamaicans. There should be unity rather than biased decisions based on popularity or a person’s status in society,” she said.

A devout Christian, McCurdy attempted to appeal to the humanity of Major General Anderson.

“No one will fully understand until they are placed in our shoes, I plead to put yourself in this situation like a father, how would you feel? Devastated and confused just like myself,” she said.

She pleaded for Anderson’s personal intervention in the case so that it is treated as a “first priority”.

“There hasn’t been an update from the cell companies in regards to the last call or where her last cell signal was pinged. I know Jamaica has adequate technology installed that can be used to better solve this case and bring my daughter home that is all I am asking for,” she said.

McCurdy said the “situation has taken a toll on our emotional well-being, and we desperately need your support”.

“Your involvement and swift action would and can mean the world to our family in this difficult time. We implore you to consider the gravity of the situation and the impact it has on our lives,” she said.