2017 murder suspect among four killed in Trelawny

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifford Chambers, has revealed that Monday night's massacre of four people in Duanvale, Trelawny, may have been linked to a double murder that took place in 2017.

Chambers explained that Akeem Robinson, one of the victims, was previously identified as a person of interest in the shooting deaths of a 25-year-old woman and an eight-year-old boy.

The two, who were identified as Kerry-ann Williams and Javair Kerr-Lemon, were shot and killed in Kinloss on November 22, 2017. Four other persons were also injured in that incident.

"The suspect in that case, who is now deceased here, was arrested in relation to that incident. But investigators had difficulties offering charges against him because of identification issues," Chambers said.

Robinson was shot and killed at about 10:00 p.m. on Monday night along with his 21-year-old girlfriend Amelia Livingston, his 51-year-old cousin Cordel Graham, and Graham's 43-year-old common-law spouse Nicole White. 

Chambers also revealed that Robinson was allegedly involved in lottery scamming, and that he had reportedly had a dispute with persons from Kinloss prior to his death.

"The investigation is at an extreme infancy stage, but the investigators are combing the scene, they have been able to lift pertinent evidence so far, and we will be relying on scientific evidence to advance the investigation to some extent," said Chambers.

- Christopher Thomas 

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