By Asabi Charles
A lot has been said lately about the case involving baby Chantel Crump, and I think it’s time enough that I finally break my silence.
As a mother who lost a child my daughter, Achazia James, who was brutally murdered in August 2024. I understand exactly what the family of Chantel is feeling. This kind of pain never leaves. It only changes you forever.
My heart is also with the family of Yenifer Bridge, a young girl whose life was also cut short, and whose story remains another open wound on the heart of our nation.
For a long time, I chose to stay quiet. Not because I didn’t care. Not because I gave up hope. But because I know, and I believe, that justice can work, and that justice is still working even when it’s not seen openly, even when it’s not visible to the public eye.
I still believe, and I still have hope that justice will be served.
I say this because I believe in an Almighty God. I have placed my situation in His hands. And I know whether it happens now or ten years from now, justice will be served not only for my daughter, but for every minor, every missing person, every grieving family, and every unsolved mystery in this country.
The Bible says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” And I hold onto that promise.
Hearing that the autopsy for baby Chantel came back inconclusive hit me hard emotionally.
I understand how the family may have become frustrated. I understand the pain the nation is feeling.
Emotions run high, thoughts run wild.
But even in our pain, we must think wisely.
This is not just a political problem. This is a spiritual battle.
We need to stop seeing everything through red and blue, government and opposition.
We need to start seeing what is really taking place in our country.
There is a deeper evil that is moving a spiritual darkness that must be fought with prayer, unity, and faith.
It’s time for the Christians, the believers, the Ecclesia the true body of Christ to rise up and pray over this nation.
Pray for our children.
Pray for our communities.
Pray for our leaders, no matter who they are.
Pray against the lingering evil, the spirit of death, confusion, and destruction.
Justice is not just about courts and investigations.
Justice begins in the spirit first with repentance, intercession, and bold prayer.
If I, as a grieving mother, can still stand and believe for justice, then surely, we as a people can stand and believe for healing too.
Justice is not about who is in government.
Justice is about right and wrong.
Justice is about life and death.
Justice is about fighting for the souls of this nation.
Today, I break my silence.
Not to create noise.
But to call for maturity, for prayer, and for true accountability for the sake of every child, every grieving family, and every life still waiting for justice.
I speak for Achazia.
I speak for Chantel.
I speak for Yenifer.
I speak for every child whose voice was silenced too soon.
May we never lose sight of what truly matters.
May we rise up, not in anger, but in prayer.
May we cover this nation under the blood of Jesus Christ.
Asabi Charles
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🙏 this is it! God will see us through!
If Jesus comes and tells me that you wrote this unwilling still not believe.
It is beautiful writing though.
Lovely message.
However I know the modus operandi of your affiliates.
I can see the hand that’s holding the pen..
I can see the fingers on the computer.
The writer doesn’t want the praises.
He/She/It wants to send a message.
Those in humbly submit are not your words.
Speak now or forever hold thy peace
As usual the operatives are using names.
We all know this
WTF……MISS CHARLES,EITHER U BIND OR STUPID AT THIS POINT,AM A YOUNG PIPE DRINKING WATER ANTIGUAN
ACTIONS AND DECISION MAKING GETS U ANSWERS AROUND HERE.
U ARE A COWARD
AND AS A PARENT ALSO… UR OWN FLESH N BLOOD ,GET OFF UR ASS N DEMAND ANSWERS
@Straight Shooter 🎯
I agree, I don’t think this mother wrote this.
I guess I’m just a cynic.🤔
Wow if I could hold your hand, give you hug this moment I would. Never give up on hope or justice, God never leaves or forsakes us whether we deserve it or not
So you not calling for Scotland Yard or the FBI . Anyways you wanted a beautiful send off for your daughter and whatever else and you got whatever you asked for . Don’t come here expecting sympathy for you . The people of this country wants answers and prayers is good too but call out the government who has yet to ask for professional help beyond their resources. Anyways that you cannot do cause it was all about show.
There is something to be said about wilful blindness . A mother pours her heart out with a message of unity for us all, and we come down into the comment section to debase ourselves with name calling and “clowing” her for feeling the way she does.
We as a nation need healing and it shows in the way we react to this letter. Empathy is something that is clearly lacking, for one to attack someone who is already grieving. Her words were not to put anyone on the defensive, rather asking each one to take a bipartisan approach for an endemic problem that sees no colour within our borders.
Are we so small minded that we can’t even do that?!!!
What will it take for a unified front to put protection of all our people foremost on our minds?
Asking our justice system to play it’s role should be the correct approach, otherwise we descend into chaos. Otherwise we become ravaged with gangs in the streets and vigilante justice and that only puts our economy in jeopardy. That affects us all
@KC well said. Reading these comments just show how small minded and ignorant people can be. But when I see the monikers of these comments it does not surprises me. These are the people who will burn their country to the ground for the sake of that nasty game called politics.
Will the Ghost writer please stand up, I keep wondering if it is Faithful Nationsl # 1, but then again he’s not that eloquent
Well said young mother, but it seems as though your affiliation with the ALP makes you tip toe around the loose ends that the preside over as incompetence and lack of empathy when it’s a black person, you see that mentally ill girl got full sentence for killing that white woman? Justice would have been completely different for achazia James and Chantel crump if they were Caucasian, we would have had cutie Benjamin and the police commissioner right their as they did when the Syrian was killed crying tears to get Caucasian and elites validation, trust me their is disparity in humanity index in Antigua social class system, the FBI and Scotland yard would be here if it’s a 11 year old white girl or your daughter been Caucasian. I f the ALP has reach out to you to pen this letter to passify the people emotion because they will be seeking the Spanish community votes shortly, please look into your conscience, achazia could have given you a grand child to take care of you in your old age, and don’t tell me about UPP and ALP because both party tip toe around white people and the 1 percenter, but the UPP would have been more honest in getting Scotland yard, remember they brought in the Canadian mounties to straighten up the police force?
Eldread, tell that to Faithful National # 1, he sees everything as political, those kind of people is why we are where we are. Too many Lickspittlers in this place
I watch my country slowly deteriorate into a dangerous place where people are murdered and missing with no hope of closure. At back of your mind, you know it is not going to stop until the perpetrators are caught and punished.
Nice words, but why do we go out in droves and vote for these politicians then? Aren’t they the ones who has the power to carry out the will of the people, and put laws and applications in place so that justice would be served?
I follow the same God as well, and I strongly believe in the death penalty.
You premeditatedly take a life, yours should be taken as well.
Give unto Ceaser what is due unto Ceaser, simple
Now that’s justice.
We need a competent Police Force. Full stop. End of story. Nothing will change until first we get rid of Cutie. Then put someone with management skills to manage the Police Force – someone who knows how to make the best use of limited resources. When last has anyone seen a traffic police except at accidents or blowing sirens to escort the GG or getting paid extra to escort funerals. Like the APUA and Public Works, it is glaringly obvious that we lack the knowledge and competence. So stop wasting time and money and import the people who know how to get these jobs done. And no one get on your nationalistic high horse. Have the Antiguans at APUA, Public Works and the Police Force proved that they can do anything.properly?
The same people that sacrifice ur child buried ur child girl u can’t be so blind in comradery to not be able to see this just like chantel this whole matter is just messy what happen to the gang of boys that was holding the half a 2×4 that was also found next to ur daughter’s body COME ON SABI WAKE UP MAN ME KNOW U, U NA WRITE DA DEY.
@KC
Now you know exactly in which camp the devil thrives and survives. May Almighty God have mercy on their souls.
Let me start by saying “No disrespect intended “,but who ever you are you are as forgettable to the public as your Daughter is to you.Because the government gave your daughter a big funeral that is enough to put aside what happened to your child .You are willing to wait for judgment day
us humans living on earth needs justice as a part of law , without it society will turn to chaos worse than it is today. shame on you.Dont come here trying to tell people about God. “God helps those who help themselves ” The Bible encourages individuals to take responsibility for their lives and their family(Colossians 3:23, 1Timothy 5:8,James2:26)
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