Annette Rabino Missing Person Case

Annette Rabino, 32, was last seen on January 26, 2000, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Her common-law husband, Naraine Cyril Ramsammy, with whom she lived, waited two months before reporting her missing. When he finally contacted the police on March 4, 2000, he claimed she had been missing since January 11. Ramsammy provided authorities with several conflicting explanations for her disappearance, including that she had traveled to Trinidad for an abortion, that she was hospitalized after a suicide attempt by jumping off a cruise ship, or that she had simply left their home. The couple had a young son together.

Five months following her disappearance, a typewritten letter, purportedly from Rabino, was sent to her mother in Guyana. The letter expressed that she had wronged Ramsammy and had a return address with the same zip code as his residence. At the time of her disappearance, Rabino was legally married to another man, Darrin Rabino, who described his relationship with her as good and stated that Ramsammy was controlling and treated her poorly. Rabino had previously been married to Ramsammy's brother, Sahadeo Kumar, with whom she had a child before moving to the United States. Although Rabino and Ramsammy referred to each other as husband and wife, they were not legally married.

The investigation into Rabino's disappearance uncovered that she was having an affair and was pregnant, a fact Ramsammy had discovered shortly before she went missing. Upon learning of the affair, Ramsammy threatened to kill both Rabino and her lover. A significant development in the case came in 2003 when Rabino and Ramsammy's son told investigators that he had witnessed his father choke his mother until she became silent and fell to the ground. He recalled last seeing his mother the day after this incident, walking out the back door of their home. During Ramsammy's trial, his son testified about remembering his parents having a loud argument.

In 2004, a body was discovered in the Everglades swamp that investigators believed could be Rabino's. While DNA testing to confirm the identity was inconclusive, the genetic profile was very similar to that of Rabino's mother, leading authorities to believe they were biologically related. Despite the absence of a confirmed body or any physical evidence directly linking him to a murder, Naraine Ramsammy was charged with Rabino's murder six years after she vanished. At his trial, Ramsammy's defense argued that Rabino was still alive and had left on her own. However, in March 2008, a jury convicted him of second-degree murder, and he was subsequently sentenced to life in prison. Foul play is suspected in Rabino's case due to the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.
Last Seen: Jan 26, 2000

Annette Rabino - The Charley Project