A fifth individual has been arrested within the homicide case of Jamaican politician Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter and her mom.
Jamaica’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey made the announcement on Thursday throughout a press convention.
Bailey didn’t reveal the identification of the individual however confirmed that the suspect is male. He was taken into police custody on Wednesday and is to undergo an administrative course of.
“We’re going to be sure that each one who participated in that crime faces justice,” Bailey pledged.
“We’re dedicated to that as a corporation. It is likely one of the most ugly crimes that we’ve got ever seen and we’re going to guarantee whoever is accountable, it doesn’t matter the place they cover.
“The Bible talks about even in the event you unfold your mattress in hell or within the utmost a part of the ocean we’re going to discover the individual and produce them to justice,” he warned.
Sarayah Paulwell, the 10-month-old daughter of Phillip Paulwell, and her mom 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson went lacking from their house on Gilmour Drive in St Andrew on September 9.
Police later revealed that the mom and daughter had been brutally killed and their our bodies burnt and disposed of.
Different accused remanded and imprisoned
Leoda Bradshaw, the US Navy Officer mentioned to be the mastermind behind the crime, alongside together with her cousin and co-accused Roland Lloyd Balford, had been amongst 4 individuals arrested and charged in reference to the homicide.
Bradshaw, who shares a toddler with Phillip Paulwell, has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to homicide, two counts of conspiracy to kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of homicide. Balfour faces comparable expenses.
Each stay in custody and are to return to court docket on March 6, 2024.
The opposite two males who had been implicated within the double homicide had been sentenced final month.
Richard Brown, a 31-year-old graphic artist from Kingston, was sentenced to 30 years in jail on every of the 2 counts of homicide. He was additionally sentenced to at least one 12 months and 10 months in jail on every of the 2 counts of kidnapping of the mom and daughter. The sentences are to be served concurrently and he has been ordered to serve 20 years earlier than he’s eligible for parole.
Brown’s confederate, Roshane Miller, was sentenced to serve seven years and 10 months for every depend of accent earlier than the actual fact to homicide; two years and 10 months for every depend of conspiracy to kidnap; and one 12 months and 10 months for misprision of felony. The sentences are to run concurrently.
