Fifth person implicated in murder of Paulwell's daughter arrested

A fifth person implicated in the abduction and murder of Ten-month-old Sarayah Paulwell and her mother, 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson, was yesterday taken into police custody.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey, Fitz Bailey, made the disclosure this afternoon during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. 

Bailey said the suspect, who is a male, remains in custody and is to go through the administrative process. The senior crime fighter said further information will be shared at a later date. However, he pledged that all the perpetrators will be brought to books.

“We are going to ensure that every person who participated in that crime face justice. We are committed to that as an organisation. It is one of the most gruesome crimes that we have ever seen and we are going to ensure whoever is responsible, it doesn’t matter where they hide,” he warned.

Both Sarayah, who is the daughter of Member of Parliament, Phillip Paulwell, and her mother Toshyna, were abducted from their home on Gilmour Drive in St Andrew on September 9. They were taken to east Kingston and shot and killed and their bodies burnt.

The alleged mastermind, a United States Navy petty officer, Leoda Bradshaw, who also shares a daughter with Paulwell, was among four persons arrested in connection with the shocking and gruesome crime.

She and her cousin, Roland Balfour, who is also implicated in the murder, remain in custody and both are to return to court on March 6 of next year.

Bradshaw was charged with two counts each of capital murder, conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, and kidnapping conspiracy, while Balfour was charged with two counts each of accessory before the fact to kidnapping and accessory before the fact to murder.

The other two persons who were arrested have since pleaded guilty and were sentenced.

 Roshane Miller was sentenced to seven years and 10 months for two counts of conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of accessory before the fact of murder, and two counts of misprision of felony.

While Richard Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and was sentenced to 30 years.

- Tanesha Mundle

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