The Tribune

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS

lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

FIVE days after a 27-year-old woman went missing, her mother remains hopeful that she will return home safely.

According to police, Rochellda “Dadah” Woodside was last seen on Thursday, August 11, at her residence on Washington Street.

Carmelita Woodside, Rochellda’s mother, told The Tribune yesterday that she is trying to remain strong as the days since her daughter was last seen continue to wear on.

“I feel bad, but I remain strong because I believe in God,” Ms Woodside said at her Washington Street home. “I know God can break any chain, so I believe she is coming (home).”

The mother of three said her daughter’s experience might be a testimony, despite the current situation.

According to Ms Woodside, Rochellda said she would return home by 6pm on August 11, but she failed to do so. 

“When I woke up Friday morning at 6am, I checked her bed and I did not see her,” the 58-year-old mother said.

She told this newspaper that she assumed her daughter went for a jog as she often did.

Panic started to set in, she said, when she was not able to reach her that morning.

“So, when I called her phone, I did not get no answer,” she said. “I kept calling, but did not get no answer, but I checked the phone and saw it had no data so I went and put on a data plan on her so that she might call me.”

Despite her efforts, on Friday morning, she later filed a missing person report at the Groove police station.

Ms Woodside said she also checked the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princesses Margaret Hospital. However, nothing was discovered by this check.

As she expressed dismay over her daughter’s whereabouts, Ms Woodside clung to her granddaughter as she reflected on the death of her son who was killed in a police-involved shooting.

“I have another daughter who is in the States and here is my grandbaby. This is my son’s daughter - the police killed him in 2017.”

According to residents of the area, Rochellda was seen walking along Lincoln Boulevard toward her house, however she never made it there.

Ms Woodside is praying her daughter will return home as she has already done all that she can and is waiting on God for an answer. “I love her, but God loves her more. I pray she comes back, but I know she will come back,” she said.