Seven die in 13 hours

Seven PERSONS died in 13 hours over a weekend marred by extreme violence and bloodshed. Four of the victims were shot, one was stabbed with a “hog knife” and the cause of death for the two others is still unknown. Among the victims is Marilyn St Clair, 44, who was stabbed to death with a “hog knife” at about 1.45 am yesterday at her home in Sobo Village, La Brea. (See Page 5). Before that, at around 11 pm on Friday, Police Constable Omah Marajah was shot and burnt to death in a shoot-out with three bandits. Two of the bandits were killed during the shoot-out.

Around 8 pm on Friday, Besson Street police responded to a report that a car had crashed into the wall of the Tile-It factory on the Beetham Highway. They found the body of Kenrick Charles, 43, a URP foreman, of Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots with a single bullet wound to the head. Earlier that day, at  around 2 pm, a female relative went to visit Terence Walcott, 92, at his Reform Road, Heritage Street, Belmont home and found the pensioner dead in his bed. The room appeared to be ransacked. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to be performed tomorrow in order to determine the cause of death.

South Western police are investigating the death of watchman Johnny Hill, 55, of Grant Road, Rousillac Village. He was found dead at 7 am yesterday in the guard booth at the La Brea Export Centre on Pierre Road. There were no signs of violence and foul play is not suspected. Besson Street police are investigating the shooting of Kedan Montrose at a Beetham Gardens scrapyard yesterday. At around 9.30 am, Kedan, 23, was at the scrapyard when two men announced a hold up and robbed manager Javen Anderson of $200. They shot Montrose in his leg.