Blood stain! - Missing coach’s car found with evidence of an attack

The St Catherine football community, up to yesterday evening, was fearing the worst as Rivoli United and Cumberland High School coach Kemar Brown, who has been reported missing since Wednesday evening, has still not been found.

It is reported that Brown's car was found in the Spanish Town area with blood inside of it. The development has left well-wishers fearing the worst.

Efforts to get confirmation or any information on the matter from the Spanish Town Police Station were unsuccessful. However, Cumberland High principal Darien Henry dispelled rumours that Brown's body was found when he spoke with STAR Sports over the weekend.

"Nothing has changed. I spoke with the mother about half an hour ago and she was at the station, as they still trying to determine if the material they have found is connected with Mr Brown. They are trying to determine whose blood they found in the car," he said.

He said Brown, an esteemed and highly valued member of the school community, was suppose to meet with him last Thursday to finalise Manning Cup plans and when he didn't show, he became extremely worried. "When I got the assistant coach, he told me he was not seen or heard from from the day before, so I called his mother and the mother told me that's what happened. So I am very worried. I heard the matter has been turned over to the criminal investigators, which says something may have gone awry," he said.

And though they are bracing for the worst, they are still clinging on to hope.

"It would be a major blow not just for Cumberland High school Manning Cup programme but for Jamaican sport arena. He has been making significant strides and has been a successful coach. He has been playing a major role in building our football programme, and his leadership, discipline, style and approach, the school needs right now. His loss would be detrimental to us.

"It's a very difficult and trying time as we don't know anything. We are relying on the latest the police can tell us, while we are rallying around the players to provide the support necessary. But the entire school is worried right now," he said.

Brown guided Cumberland to second round of the Manning Cup for the first in the school's history in 2018.

Rivoli United President Steve Smart said the community was also holding its breath and hoping for the best.

"We haven't heard anything. I received a text from him on Wednesday, when I was in the country working, and I didn't get a chance to respond to him. That was the last I heard from him. He is very humble and a really good man, and I hope to God they find him alive," he said.

"In the night (Thursday), they found coach car, I felt it in my heart because he is always seeking social development and sports for youths. He knows no political bounds because he coaches Rivoli, which is a PNP area, and Beacon Hill, which is a JLP stronghold. So if they should really kill this man, they would be taking away good man from Jamaica's society. He's the best coach I've had," he said.