Glenroy Sinclair, Staff Reporter
Relatives of the five persons slain in Prospect, St. Thomas, grieving on Sunday. The five victims are Patrice Martin-McCool, Sean Chin Jr., Marshall George McCool, Jesse O'Gilvie and Terry-Ann Mohammed, all of Duhaney Pen in the parish. - IAN ALLEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
AFTER TWO days of intense searches, the Morant Bay police have failed to find Jihad McCool, the nine-year-old girl who has been missing since Sunday. Five members of her family were slaughtered in the sleepy town of Prospect, St. Thomas.
Meantime, students in the area are having a rough time coping.
"Parents reported to us that some of the students in her class were scared to go to bed on Monday night," said Sonia Pat-Reid, principal of the St. Thomas Preparatory School, which two of the children attended.
She described the missing girl as a 'bubbly student' who was very quiet.
COUNSELLING
When the news began spreading that three-year-old Lloyd George McCool was brutally killed, and his older sister, Jihad George McCool, was missing, Ms. Pat-Reid said that she sought the assistance of Pastor Adrian Johnson to offer counselling to the traumatised students.
In the meantime, head of the St. Thomas Police Division, Superintendent Doric Sinclair, was yesterday optimistic about investigations into the killings.
"Things are looking positive," said Supt. Sinclair. According to him, the man they took into custody on Monday in connection with the killings was still being questioned. The man, who was deported to Jamaica a year ago, operates a small business in the parish.
Police believe the killings and abduction are related to a drug deal gone sour.
