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murder

March 2, 2023

Cops appeal for information on 2022 killing

A year after Virgin Islands businessman Le’ Shaughn Smith was fatally shot on Feb. 24, 2022, police issued a new appeal last Thursday for the public to help identify anyone …

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by Alva Solomon
February 17, 2023

Man charged with murder in Road Town killing

Greenland resident Hasani Frett, 37, was charged with the murder of an unidentified man who succumbed to gunshot wounds following a shooting near the House of Assembly building in Road …

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by Alva Solomon
February 10, 2023

Murder suspect shot dead in East End

  A 42-year-old man facing a murder charge for a 2011 killing succumbed to gunshot wounds he sustained in a shooting at Parham Town in East End on Monday, police …

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by Alva Solomon
July 8, 2022

Resident wanted for questioning in killing

Police yesterday asked for the public’s help in locating Arien Fahie, 26, who they said is wanted for questioning in the June 21 shooting death of Corey Butler near Scatliffe …

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by BVI Beacon
April 8, 2022

3 accused of Daway murder walk free

Three defendants couldn’t hold in their elation the morning of April 4, hugging and whispering excitedly as Justice Richard Floyd announced in High Court that four years after they were …

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by Dana Kampa
February 3, 2022

Man shot and killed in Little Apple Bay

Jaquan Thomas, 29, was shot and killed Sunday morning outside a residential area in Little Apple Bay, Police Information Officer Diane Drayton stated on Sunday. Police responding to the scene …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 6, 2021

Two charged in the murder of Catherine Pickering and the robbery of her daughter

Catherine Pickering was fatally shot as two men robbed her daughter on April 18, police continue to arrest people they say took part in the crime or assisted the perpetrators.  …

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by Joey Waldinger
November 13, 2020

Man killed in broad daylight

Everton McMaster, 47, of Baughers Bay, was shot and killed last Friday afternoon in broad daylight, according to police, who have been tight-lipped on details surrounding the incident. Police Information …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 22, 2020

Man charged with Purcell Estate murder

Free Bottom resident Royden Sebastian was charged with murder last Thursday in Magistrates’ Court, where Director of Public Prosecutions Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit alleged that he fatally shot George Burrows last month …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 15, 2020

Man charged with Purcell Estate murder

Royden Sebastian, 37, of Free Bottom, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with the Sept. 2 murder of George Burrows, police said on Tuesday. Mr. Burrows was shot to death …

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by Joey Waldinger
October 3, 2020

Police seek help on unsolved murders

With September marking the anniversary of the unsolved killings of four Virgin Islands residents, police are asking the public to help them bring justice to the aggrieved families.  As part of an ongoing campaign to …

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by Joey Waldinger
September 17, 2020

Footballer killed in Spring Ghut

Upon receiving reports of gunshots in Spring Ghut shortly after 1:30 p.m. last Thursday, police responded to the scene and found 55-year-old Matthew “Shorty” Daly dead with apparent gunshot wounds, …

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by Joey Waldinger
June 8, 2020

Police promise confidentiality in requesting help for unsolved murders

Police renewed calls last week for the public’s assistance in identifying the perpetrators in the 2011 murder of Cardinal Roberto Fahie and the 2017 murder of Jefferson Mark Joseph, according …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 6, 2020

Man charged with 2016 murder

On Feb. 19, detectives charged 29-year-old Ashan Westcott with the murder of Nickera Smith almost four years after her body was discovered beneath a blue tarpaulin in Hawks Nest, according …

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by Joey Waldinger
July 18, 2019

Man gets 6.5 years for killing his wife

On Friday a police messenger was sentenced to four years in prison for looting a television after Hurricane Irma, another man got eight years for raping his juvenile stepdaughter, and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 30, 2019

Crown: Woman named killer before dying

A 46-year-old mother who was shot multiple times and left on the roadside in Georges Northside on Sunday night identified her killer shortly before she died, a prosecutor said Tuesday …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 15, 2018

Police arrest two suspects in double murder

Two men were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder in relation to the February killing of Clevaughn Sweeney and Michael Stevens, police said. Though police did not release much …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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