CLARENDON, Jamaica — The police say two new suspects have been held in connection with last month’s quadruple murder in the Monymusk Housing Scheme in Clarendon. They are expected to be charged soon.
Their identities are, however, being withheld pending further investigations.
The arrest follows the release of two other suspects who were held a day after the four males were killed.
The Police High Command, in announcing its revamped murder reduction strategy in a news release Sunday, said: “(The) case is receiving urgent attention and significant resources have been deployed to assist with the investigation.”
The four: 14-year-old Ricardo Briscoe, 14-year-old Raymond Givans, 15-year-old Alex Turner, and 35-year-old Marquis Hamilton, all of Clarendon addresses, were murdered execution-style.
According to reports from the Corporate Communications Unit then, the three boys were walking along the roadway about 9:00 pm when two armed men, who forced them onto Hamilton’s premises, pounced them upon. The men then allegedly demanded money and phones from them, however, their demands were not met.
The four were subsequently shot.
But even as the authorities are preparing to charge the two suspects, a $500,000 reward for information that could help them prosecute the killers is still being offered.
