Jensen La Vende
Senior Reporter
jensen.lavende@guardian.co.tt
Singer/songwriter Keisha Harris, better known by her stage name Lady Lava, is advising women to be aware of the dangers they face and to trust their instincts.
Taking a step away from her raunchy lyrics, Harris yesterday called on people, women in particular, to be mindful of their surroundings.
The zess/dancehall artiste issued the warning as she commented on the murder of Diego Martin resident Savanna Dyer.
Dyer, 20, of River Estate, was found along Xeres Road in Carlsen Field. Police said Dyer had a wound to the head and officers suspect she was killed and her body dumped in the central area.
Before she was killed, Dyer made several social media posts after spending the evening out with friends.
Harris said, “We really have to be mindful about the people that we are around, the friends that we have, the people are we getting to know. Sometimes yuh might get a feeling about them, you know, follow your feelings, your intuition kicks in. It’s okay to say no.”
Harris, in a video posted on TikTok, said Dyer’s murder re-opened an old wound for her of when a relative was also murdered.
“People that know my family know that we had an experience of this where somebody was missing, somebody close to us was missing. Practically, we lived together and you know, she was murdered. She was coming home from work and you know, she just called like a few minutes before she reached home and stuff and then that was it.”
Harris did not explain who her relative was nor did she go into details about when the incident occurred.
However, the singer added, “So that was a trauma for my family. So every time I see a young lady missing it brings back up that trauma. The whole ordeal of it happening, the day when it happened into the night going into the other day, just hearing every car and thinking the person going to show up and everything, it comes back. She was just travelling home. She just took a wrong vehicle home and that was the end.”
Harris advised women to trust their intuition saying if they got a “funny feeling” while in a car they should get out. This was also extended to men as well as she stressed that life was precious and could, unfortunately, be cut short.