Murdered man’s car fished from river

A motor vehicle, said to be owned by a Hanover man who was shot and killed at a party in Negril, Westmoreland, on July 3, was fished from the bottom of the Salt Creek River in the parish.

Christopher Johnson, 30, otherwise called 'Lui', of a Logwood address in Hanover, was killed at a popular entertainment spot in the parish and his body thrown over a cliff in West End. However, the whereabouts of the car, a Nissan Fuga, remained elusive until yesterday.

Courtney Kinlock, Johnson's uncle, told THE STAR that his nephew was getting ready to migrate to Canada.

"He was doing his paperworks to go to Canada to live with his wife when he was murdered by these men," Kinlock said.

"He is a young man of two sons -- twins to be exact -- and had just been married, just little under four weeks ago after he met his wife who is a Canadian national," Kinlock said.

Police have not yet established a motive for Johnson's killing, but investigators are hoping that the discovery of the motor car yesterday will offer some clue as they go about solving the case.

"What I was told by person's attending the same party is that he was at the party with friends, sometimes after 2:30 a.m., having a good time when the altercation broke out," Kinlock stated.

"Based on what I was told, the two men brandished handguns and fired two shots at him, and the persons who were also at the party ran from the location. I was further told by the eyewitnesses that while they were running, five other gunshots were fired. After they came back they did not see him nor his body, and neither did they see his car."