Goat farmers killed

The Westmorland police have theorised that praedial larceny is the motive surrounding the killing of two goat farmers.

The victims have been identified as Henry 'Maas Hen' Jones, 65, and Brian 'Fowlie' Chambers, 44, both of Crowder district, in Grange Hill, Westmoreland. Their bodies were discovered on Tuesday morning in bushes in a section of Grange Hill, known as Jacob Hill Mountain. Reports by the police are that both men left home about 6:30 a.m. on Monday to tend to their herd of goats on a property located at Jacob Hill Mountain. Relatives and friends grew concerned when they did not return at their usual time, about 10:30 a.m., and went in search of them.

The search was called off on Monday evening due to bad light. Residents continued their search on Tuesday after reporting both men missing to the Grange Hill police, who also joined in the search. Their bodies were found about 9 a.m. They appeared to have been chopped and shot multiple times. The scene was processed and the bodies removed to the morgue for a post-mortem.

Chambers' mother, Hilda Wedderburn, could hardly hold back tears as she sat at the entrance to her unfinished house.

"Mi cah believe seh dem murder mi one boy pickney," the elderly woman said repeatedly. "Brian is a person you can call fi do anything. A him alone a build mi house, just weh yu si it reach yah. Brian alone a build it, an dem come tek him weh from mi." Jones' grandniece, Nickesha, said he was well loved by everyone in his community.

"A tomorrow (today) Maas Hen would a celebrate him birthday, an him an everybody get along," she said.