Help Police Find Missing Minor Samijah Leerdam of Mariendahl on St. Thomas

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD is actively searching for 12-year-old Samijah Leerdam of Estate  Mariendahl. She attends the Bertha C. Boshulte middle school. 

Her father reported his daughter Samijah Leerdam was last seen at her home at around 1:00 a.m., on Monday, April 18, 2022, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department. 

If you see Samijah Leerdam or know her whereabouts, please contact the VIPD’s Juvenile Investigation Bureau detectives at; 340-715-5540, 340-715-5541, 340-715-5542 or 911. 

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.