Adrian Frater, News Editor
Coroners remove one of three bodies found in a home along Felicity Crescent, popularly known as Blood Lane in Montego Bay, St. James, yesterday. Two brothers and a female companion were discovered in the house about midday. - PHOTO BY MONIQUE HEPBURN
WESTERN BUREAU:
ST. JAMES recorded its first triple murder since the start of the year, yesterday, when shortly after midday, the bullet-riddled bodies of two men and a woman were found in an unfinished three-storey house in the Felicity Crescent area of Montego Bay.
The area is popularly known as Blood Lane.
The deceased have been identified as 44-year-old returning resident, Derrick Taylor; his 45-year-old brother, shoes salesman, Senil Taylor, and a young dreadlocked woman, who is said to be Senil's girlfriend.
The bodies were discovered by two of Mr. Taylor's co-workers, who went to his house to enquire as to why he did not show up for work on Wednesday and yesterday. Reports are that he had not been answering his cellular phone or responding to the messages that were left.
"It was most unusual for him not to show up for work two days in a row without calling, so we decided to come up here and find out what had happened to him," said one of the distraught co-workers. "When we came here we found the bodies covered in blood with what appeared to be gunshot wounds."
ROOM RANSACKED
The Montego Bay police confirmed that all three bodies had multiple gunshot wounds and that the room in which they were found was completely ransacked, with household items and clothing scattered all over the floor.
Neighbours, who converged on the crime scene as news of the killing spread across the community, were clearly perplexed about the incident. According to them, nobody had heard any gunshots or had seen anything pointing to the extreme violence, which had taken place.
"Whoever killed them must have used a gun with a silencer as we never heard any shots being fired," said a young man, who lived in the downstairs section of the house. "I slept here Wednesday night and last night and I didn't hear anything unusual."
Weeping relatives, who rushed to the house when they heard the news, said they were unaware of the deceased trio being involved in anything out of the ordinary and openly intimated that they believed robbery was the motive for their demise.
The younger Taylor, who returned to the island only eight months ago, after living in the United States for over 25 years, reportedly returned to the island to assist in the construction of the unfinished family home, in which the killings took place.
The Montego Bay police, who are investigating the incident, said they are yet to make a determination as to a possible reason for the killings.
St. James had a record 146 murders last year.
