Murdered sex worker was a pleasant person
A vendor who said he was a good friend of 'Crocs', the sex worker whose bullet-riddled body was found inside a Jamaica Defence Force sergeant's car on February 26, described her as a 'gud gyal'.
The man said Crocs started working on Ripon Road in St Andrew a little more than a year ago and was in her late 20s.
"Mi miss har man. A mi good little friend. She very pleasant and always a hold her own with her two friends across the road from mi. Some people know her as Crocs and others call her Dolly because she likkle and neat. A gud gud gyal," he said.
The soldier, who has been identified as Theophilus Tracey, 43, has been charged with failing to hand over his firearm to police. He made his first appearance in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. His attorney, Peter Champagnie, indicated that his client's firearm was stolen. He is to return to court on April 7. The vendor said that he had no idea that morning when he saw Crocs it would be the last time.
"A mi little parry so she did stand up beside mi the morning some minutes to 3 a.m. Mi a trouble har and a say how she a walk dainty," he said. The vendor said a regular customer of the Ripon Road ladies bought a beverage from him before leaving with Crocs.
"Mi watch the two a dem go inna di small car ... and drive off. Mi never know mi wouldn't see har back," he said. He said about two hours later a man told him that there was a crime scene on nearby Caledonia Avenue and told him that he should drive a different route.
"A set a police come and ask if any a we know the girl weh dead but dem time deh nobody nah tink say a Crocs. A inna di evening some more police come back and say dem hear say she name Crocs. Mi can't believe all now. Is her two children dem she did a work to take care of," he said.