A high alert has been activated for five-year-old Shanique Thompson of Dipper Drive, Watson Grove, in Gregory Park, St Catherine, who has been missing since Wednesday, January 16.

She is of dark complexion, stout build, and about 116 centimetres (3 feet 6 inches) tall.

Reports from the Caymanas police are that Shanique was last seen about 8:30 a.m. at school wearing a pair of red shorts and a blouse, a pair of sneakers, and red socks.

She was also sporting a corn-row hairstyle with red and white beads. She has not been seen or heard from since.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Shanique Thompson is being asked to contact the Caymanas police at 988-1719, the police 119 emergency number, or the nearest police station.