Elderly Tobago businessman murdered
(Trinidad Guardian) The daughter of slain Tobago businessman and retired police sergeant Donald Parks has broken her silence mere days after the incident, calling for swift justice in his case.
In an emotional account of the incident in a Facebook post, Essie Park-Ewing, who was at home at
the time of the attack on her father, said she believed he tried to protect his family during the assault.
“I believe with all my heart now after watching the footage, you remained outside and didn’t raise an alarm to protect me and my children! You knew I would have rushed outside and I would have been hurt! We had so many plans together, we spoke every day, all day! How can the God I serve and the God you serve allow a little black boy to cut you down in such a manner?”
Parks-Ewing worked closely with her father to operate their family business, Endeavour’s Children and Maternity Store, located at Carrington Street, Scarborough.
Calling for justice, she said her father was a hard worker who believed that Tobago deserved better. She also urged anyone with information to come forward
“How can I be expected to continue a legacy you groomed me for from day one?” she said.
“You, we believed Tobago deserved a better offering for children on the island and we worked tremendously hard to build our brand and we did it together. You insisted I was ready and that this was your last year to work. We were to travel on Sunday, again doing our thing and doing it together!”
She added: “To that little black boy, to your mother, to your girlfriend! Speak up! May your conscience provoke you nonstop! To that little black boy, you spilled the blood of a loved man, a man who cared for his family, a man who shared what he had with every and anyone.
I need justice!”