( TOP L - R ) Shauna-Kaye Legister, Oksana Douglas, Shanika Anderson and Shanika Shakes.
( BTM L - R ) Toni-Ann Thomas, Maurice Maxwell and Sasha-Kaye Brown
AS PART OF the hunt for child killers, today THE STAR continues its series geared towards informing the public about the unsolved murders. A reward totalling $100,000 is being offered for the arrest and charge of the person or persons responsible for the death of our children. Call Crime Stop toll free at 1-888-991-4000. Full confidentiality will be maintained.
Murders associated with gang violence are said to be difficult to solve especially because of the 'informer fi dead syndrome'. For this reason, Crime Stop wants the public to help catch the country's child killers.
Of the nine unsolved child murders, five are because of gang violence which took the lives of the children. The five children who died through gang violence are Oksana Douglas, Toni-Ann Thomas, Sasha-Kaye Brown, Jovaughn Williams and Nicholas Baker.
Douglas was killed during a drive-by shooting in her Olympic Gardens community on December 22 last year after gunmen travelling in a white Toyota Corolla fired a group of people after they saw a man with whom they had a feud. Thomas was killed when gunmen from a rival community sprayed her Yorke Avenue home with bullets while Brown was murdered after her house was fire bombed by men whom the police said were in a feud.
Williams died along with his mother when gunmen shot them while they walked in Rose Heights, St. James. Baker was murdered by men who gave him a gun to hide after he used the said weapon to shoot a 14-year-old girl minutes before.
It is these types of murders Crime Stop says are difficult to solve.
"We have better results with the one-on-ones like that of Shanika Anderson than with the gang murders," said Prudence Gentles, Coordinator for Crime Stop.
"A part of the reason for this is because of the informer syndrome because people don't come forward with information. We've had a few of those murders and we get a few successes but when we do it's a real success," said Gentles.
Call: 1-888-991-4000
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