Julianne Bryan was on her way to work the morning of Aug. 24 when her phone rang.
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It was her cousin, and then more relatives, all with the same news: her son had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Jamaica.
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son → kidnap → Jamaica
Almost two months later, Trevon Bryan, a 27-year-old from the Toronto area, is still missing.
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Bryan → miss → area
A senior officer with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) told the Star Bryan’s abduction “appears very targeted” and isolated in nature.
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Senior Supt. Mark Harris, the commanding officer for the St. Andrew Central Police Division, said that the motive behind Bryan’s kidnapping remains unclear but “we just know that he was taken away without any trace.”
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Bryan was reported missing to the JCF on Aug. 24, by his aunt in Canada, who notified police that he had been abducted by an unknown gunmen.
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he → report → gunmen
Harris said Bryan, a rapper known as “Yung Drilla,” was abducted by four masked men sometime between 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m on Aug. 24.
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Jamaican police looking to speak with a ‘person of interest’ apparently present at abduction
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police → look → abduction
Bryan arrived in Jamaica on Aug. 18 from Canada and checked into an Airbnb in Montego Bay.
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Bryan → arrive → Bay
“He went to Kingston (the capital) for the weekend accompanied by three persons including two females from Toronto,” Harris said.
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Harris → go → Toronto
He said Bryan and the group went to a party at the Taboo nightclub then drove to an after party in August Town, a community located about 9 kilometres away from the club.
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Bryan → say → club
Harris said the vehicle Bryan was travelling in had stopped along the roadway when they were approached by suspects.
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they → say → suspects
“Whilst on their way it is alleged that four armed men intercepted the vehicle they were travelling in and took Mr. Bryan from the vehicle.”
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they → allege → vehicle
“We believe that the person of interest caused the stop to happen, so that they could get him,” Harris told the Star.
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None of the other occupants of the vehicle were harmed or robbed, Harris said.
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Harris → harm → vehicle
Police took statements from two Toronto women who were in the car with Bryan that morning.
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They are looking to speak to a Canadian man they are calling a person of interest, who has since left the island for Canada.
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who → look → Canada
“We would like to speak to him because he was present at the time of the disappearance,” Harris told the Star, adding that a person of interest doesn’t necessarily mean a suspect, but “a witness and anyone who is connected to the incident.”
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who → like → incident
Harris said police have conducted ground searches in the area where Bryan was last seen.
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Bryan → say → area
“We are doing what we need to do,” Harris said.
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Harris → do → what
‘There were men that jumped out of the bushes’
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Julianne said her son was in a jubilant mood when he left their Toronto-area home for his flight to Jamaica on Aug. 18.
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He had plans to visit his grandfather, who lives in the parish of Clarendon, during his one-week stay on the Caribbean island, she told the Star in an interview.
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“He was excited to go to Jamaica,” Julianne said.
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Julianne → go → Jamaica
She said he called her on arrival to let her know that he was safe and settling in, and had met up with two female friends and at least two other men from Toronto when he arrived in Jamaica.
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he → say → Jamaica
On the weekend, Bryan and the women travelled to Kingston where they had booked another short-term rental unit, his mother told the Star.
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mother → travel → Star
After his disappearance, the family logged into his Snapchat social media account, where Julianne said they found messages indicating that he had been at home when he received messages from someone inviting him out to party.
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Julianne said she later learned that her son was out with a group of people who were travelling in at least two vehicles at the time of his disappearance.
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who → say → disappearance
A few hours after her son’s kidnapping, Julianne was added to a group call, which included the two Toronto women who were with her son that weekend.
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who → add → son
“We all were telling them to go to the police station, go to police station,” Julianne said.
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Julianne → tell → station
The women, who were back at the Kingston apartment where they were staying with Bryan, told her they were hesitant because they were worried about their safety.
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they → stay → safety
The women told Bryan’s family that they were driving along a stretch of roadway in Kingston when several masked men approached the vehicle and dragged Bryan from the car.
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men → tell → car
“There were men that jumped out of the bushes,” Julianne said of her son’s abductors.
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Julianne → be → abductors
The women told Bryan’s family that after the incident they were hastily dropped off at the apartment by one of Bryan’s friends who was driving the vehicle.
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who → tell → vehicle
Several of the other men who were with Bryan at the club were travelling in another car that was driving in front of the one he was in, Julianne said.
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Julianne → travel → one
The family also found Snapchat videos of Bryan partying with the group at Taboo, according to Julianne.
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Bryan → find → Julianne
‘No one wants to lose their kid that way’
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one → want → kid
She suspects that her son was setup by people within his own circle of friends.
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son → suspect → friends
“It all sounds really fishy,” she said.
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she → sound → ?
She said it could also be her son’s troubled past that came back to haunt him.
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