Barrington said he had been planning to meet with him last week, but just did not get around to doing so. Now he no longer has the opportunity. He revealed he attempted to call his brother shortly before the tragedy. He said, "Thursday night, mi send him a please call me and about five minutes after mi phone ring. It was him girlfriend dat call and she said he was sleeping. As I was about to ask her another question, mi jus hear 'bup' and di phone cut off."

Gordon is convinced that his brother is dead. He said, "Di house was on a hill. It look like when di water and debris come dung now, im jus fly out and go straight into di river. I just assume that he is dead but di ting is jus to find him."

Barrington said the news of his brother's disappearance was thrust upon him by a resident, who was merely sharing the story with him, not knowing that he was the brother of the deceased. He said, "Somebody see mi an a tell mi dat di girl wash whe an call di girl name and den she tell mi seh 'har man wash whe too'. An I seh is mi brother dat. Di way how mi hear is like mi head open up same time."