The investigation into the case of a missing 11-year-old boy expanded yesterday as officers at the Central Detective Unit questioned a person of interest and reviewed surveillance footage from cameras mounted on buildings in the area where Marco Archer vanished last week.
Head of the National Crime Prevention Office Superintendent Stephen Dean said police were following "significant leads" in the case, but would not get into specifics other than to say that a man in police custody was assisting with the investigation.
The Nassau Guardian confirmed that police were combing through surveillance footage yesterday.
The boy was last seen in the area of Brougham Street and Blue Hill Road between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, after leaving his home to purchase candy, according to his sister, Tanzia Humes.
Though his family fears he was kidnapped, Dean said police were still considering him a missing person and would not speculate on what could have happened to the child.
Last night, Humes said her family was still distraught over his disappearance and was holding out hope that no harm had come to her little brother.
Not content to wait on the police, Humes said her family has been canvassing the area where Marco disappeared, but has only received phantom reports of his whereabouts.
"People have been calling saying that they've seen him in his school uniform with his backpack, but he had already come home and changed by the time he disappeared," she said.
Marco was last seen wearing a gray Bob Marley T-shirt and long khaki pants, according to a flyer the family released over the weekend.
Humes also said that her family got a report that the child she described as "quiet" was at a farm in south-western New Providence, but the lead turned out to be a dead end when Marco's relatives went to check it out.
She also said that she spoke to the owners of the Texaco service station where Marco told them he was going to buy candy, as well as other area business owners and residents.
"They all say they know him and know what he looks like, but no one could say for sure if he was around at that time on Friday," she said.
"But I know some of them (area business owners) gave surveillance footage to the police. But none of his friends have heard from him, none of his teachers have either.  We've been looking everywhere for him."
Humes said Marco's homeroom teacher was taking the news of his disappearance particularly hard.
On Monday, Humes told The Nassau Guardian that her family fears a child molester might have kidnapped Marco.
She said the family is working closely with police to try and figure out where he could be.
Police are asking anyone with information on the boy's whereabouts to contact them.

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