Body found in Carlsen Field identified

His mother Irma Mitchell told Newsday yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre in St James, that her son’s death came as a shock and she is praying the authorities could find out why he was killed.

“If he was involved in something he would have told us,” she said.

Mitchell was a father of three and a truck driver with Nestle. His mother told Newsday the last time he was seen was early Tuesday morning when he left home for work.

Police reports indicated residents of Roosevelt Avenue in Carlsen Field called police after hearing gunshots. Police found Mitchell’s body with several gunshot wounds to his upper body. Seven spent shells were recovered at the scene. A motive has not yet been established for the killing.

The murder toll for the year stands at 267