GIOVANNI Burrows has turned to the island's business community for help in tracking down his seven-year-old son who was taken from him two years ago.

Mr. Burrows, 31, of Warwick, who was awarded full custody of the child by a Bermuda court in 2001, has not seen his son Jasai Swan-Burrows since January 18, 2003.

On that date, the child was taken away by his mother Kim Sakena Swan (pictured) on a flight to Atlanta and Mr. Burrows has not seen either of them since.

Mr. Burrows believes his son is still in the US and that Ms Swan has family there. And he enlisted the help of the National Centre For Missing and Exploited Children, a non-profit organisation that raises awareness of missing children across the US. Police in Bermuda have also been investigating Jasai's whereabouts.

Now Mr. Burrows wants to take his search a step further by travelling to the US himself and making an effort to reach communities where the child might be living through local news media and any other method available.

Mr. Burrows wants to spend several weeks taking his message to New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Florida. He estimates the effort would cost around $30,000 and has already visited several international businesses and some of the larger local companies to try to raise funds to pay for it.

"I'm going like crazy to do everything under the sun to try to find my son," Mr. Burrows said. "My son has been kidnapped, his welfare is at stake, his physical and mental wellbeing are more than likely disturbed.

"Who knows what Kim has been telling Jasai for the past two years? He may even feel that I'm dead.

"Some days this does not seem real. It's been so mentally and emotionally draining. It's been like someone put out my fire.

"In the morning I walk up to his picture in my house and sometimes I talk to that picture and tell him that, one way or the other, I'm going to find him and bring him home."

Although Mr. Burrows had full custody of Jasai, he allowed Ms Swan to see the boy at weekends and on special occasions.

He believes that members of Ms Swan's family know where Jasai is but have not revealed the information to Mr. Burrows or the police investigating the abduction case.

"Knowing that Kim is on the run with Jasai, why would people continue to hide her whereabouts?" Mr. Burrows said.

"If there were any morals left, you would all see that Jasai is in an unstable atmosphere and will never really have peace until he is returned home where he belongs."

Ms Swan and Mr. Burrows' relationship turned sour after they broke up.

A protection order and a domestic order have been issued by the courts to keep Ms Swan away from Mr. Burrows' home.

l Sgt. Mark Clarke of the Juvenile Domestic Crime Unit is leading the ongoing Bermuda Police inquiry.