JONIQUE GAYNOR, Staff Reporter
( L - R ) Keron Mullings and Oneil Mullings - CONTRIBUTED
"MI JUS can't sleep, mi nuh have no night, mi jus wish a pure day. Mi nuh have no happiness, mi nuh have nuttin. Mi jus feel weak, it come een like mi nuh deh here. Doctor seh a mi nerves," were the words of a mother in grief.
Trifene Mullings lost one of her sons in 2003 and another was killed just last year. And although some time has passed since the incidents, her wounds are far from healed. Since the death of her sons, life has not been the same for the middle-aged woman who has had to resort to vending in order to sustain her family.
Keron Mullings was murdered a few feet from his house on Adelaide Street in Spanish Town on October 31, 2003. He was only 21 years old. She describes her son as "a strong, cheerful, friendly person who was industrious in the house."
According to his mother, Keron worked in the family business and was a devout Christian. She says her son was murdered because he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. Although the circumstances of Keron's death are still not known, his mother says she was told that persons had invaded the community looking for another individual and her son was caught in the crossfire. She told THE STAR, "my son come from work and sit down out dere [in front the house], gunman come and start fire up shot and he was killed. He was sitting by the cookshop and his back was turned so he couldnt run. Mi deh in mi house an hear di shot an open di door an come out pan di verandah, mi couldn't go up to the scene."
Tears flowed freely as she attempted to reflect on the type of person her son was."Keron use to wash my clothes and clean mi floor. When Valentines Day come mi get mi chocolate and mi wine."
And as if losing one son was not bad enough, Mullings lost another son in January of last year, just as she was coming to terms with Keron's death. Oniel Mullings was killed on January 31, 2005 while on his way to meet the pastor of his church. He was 30 years old.
Oneil was a carpenter and a contractor and at the time of his death, had been working on a project for the church. His mother told THE STAR, "It tek mi two months before I could pass the scene to go to church. Him was not a gunman, im nuh inna nuh mix up."
She also recalls how she felt when she saw Oniel's body."When I go out dere, I jus see my son blood streaming fi nuttin. Him nuh do nuttin, im nuh do nobaddi nuttin. Dem seh im cross di borderline. From him dead mi nuh change up im room ennuh, mi leave evrything."
She is upset at the fact that nothing has been done about her sons' murders. "When yu lose yu child, nobody nuh come demonstrate fi dem, dem keep it under cover." She is also appealing for help from anyone who may be able to counsel her.
"I need counselling, mi want fi meet people dat can show mi love, people that are concerned. Mi feel like nuh strength nuh inna mi body. Mi husband nuh work from January and mi big son tek drugs and mash up imself. Mi feel like mi life gone, mi want prayer."
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