Left: Ruth Green, mother of Shanika Anderson makes a point during the STAR's 'Hunt For Child Killers Forum', held at the Gleaner Offices, North Street, Kingston on Tuesday.   Center: Dr. Yvonne Bailey-Davidson, consultant psychiatrist.   Right: Mother of Tyriq and Tyrone Henry and Moesha Lee, who were killed in 2004 speaks about how she has dealt with losing a child to violence yesterday.

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 person or persons responsible for the death of our children.

Call Crime Stop toll free at 311. Full confidentiality will be maintained.

When a child is killed the whole family is affected in one way or another. And, in many cases the parents are left devastated from the ordeal.

Grieving process

This view is supported by both doctors and parents who have lost children. And, both parties were on hand to share their experiences at THE STAR's Hunt for Child Killers Forum last Tuesday.

"We have clinics which help people who are traumatised. The whole family is involved, and we have to tell people how to deal with the stress," said psychiatrist Yvonne Bailey-Davidson.

"The grieving process can go on for years. On anniversary of their death people can remember and be distressed and you have to put them on medication and counselling. You have to seek support systems for them," said Dr. Bailey-Davidson.

For parents Ruth Green and Pansy Henry, the grieving process has been going on although it has been a while since their children were killed. Green added that she had received counselling, but her pain still continues to this day.

Overcoming the pain

To help Ruth Green and other mothers overcome the pain of losing their loved ones, THE STAR is asking for your help in solving the murders of Jovaughn Williams, Nicholas Baker, Maurice Maxwell, Oksana Douglas, Toni-Ann Thomas, Sasha-Kaye Brown, Shanika Anderson, Sheneca Shakes and Shauna-Kay Legister.

Williams was shot and killed in June 2004 along with his mother in Rose Heights, St. James. Nicholas Baker was killed in the Chinese cemetery by men who reportedly gave him a gun to hide.

Sheneca Shakes and her friend Shauna-Kay Legister were found dead in a cane field in June last year.

A day after missing

The youngsters were found dead a day after they went missing. Maurice Maxwell was shot and killed as he sat on his verandah.

Shanika Anderson was found raped and murdered on May 1 last year, a day after a man lured her away from the Coronation Market.

Toni-Ann Thomas was murdered after gunmen sprayed her Yorke Avenue community with bullets.

Sasha-Kaye Brown was killed last year along with relatives when gunmen fired on her home and then set it on fire while Douglas was killed during a drive-by shooting in the Olympic Gardens area in December last year.