Police have named the man they believe chopped to death a woman and her son in south St Ann last night.
They say they want 32-year-old Orville Scarlett, otherwise called “Bull” of Watt Town to turn himself in by tomorrow, Thursday, August 30.
He’s wanted in connection with the deaths of 32-year-old Allisha Francis, also called Alicia and her 10-year-old son Jamani Jackson of Linton Park, St Ann. They were killed when Ms Francis and her three children were attacked just after 9 p.m. as they returned home from a shop. Another of her children, a ten-year-old boy was also chopped and is hospitalized. Her six-year-old daughter escaped unhurt.
The four had just returned to their home at Linton Park, close to Watt Town, when they were attacked by a man wielding a machete. Residents said the man and Ms Francis had a relationship that she ended more than a year ago.
There are also unconfirmed reports that before the break up there was a court matter between the two.
On Wednesday morning, caked blood could be seen all over the yard where Ms Francis and Jamani fell. Ms Francis was chopped several times. Her two sons also received chop wounds and fell in the yard.
The boy who survived ran bleeding to a neighbour’s house. Ms Francis’ six-year-old daughter fled, unharmed to another house.
Ms Francis and her two sons were taken to hospital where she and Jamani were pronounced dead. The other boy, with severe chop wounds, is in hospital.
Police visited the small rural community of Linton Park, near Watt Town Wednesday morning following the deaths. Angry residents, some of them still stunned by the attack, vowed to find the killer who they named. They said they would kill him.
Senior Superintendent of Police for St Ann, Michael Smith begged residents not to go for jungle justice. He appealed for information to the police and said they would find the killer.
St Ann crime chief DSP Richard Hylton was also on the scene.
