Community shocked by lawyer's murder
Published:Thursday | December 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Residents of the usually quiet West Kirkland Heights community in Red Hills, St Andrew, woke up to the shocking news yesterday that one of their neighbours, an attorney, had been fatally stabbed, allegedly by her husband, a serving member of the Jamaica Defence Force.
The deceased is 34-year-old Nordraka Williams-Burnett. She was stabbed multiple times.
Reports from the Red Hills police are that about 5 a.m., residents heard strange sounds and summoned the police.
On the arrival of the lawmen, checks were made at the premises, and Williams-Burnett's body was found in a room with multiple wounds.
Her husband, Lieutenant Kyodia Burnett, was also seen sitting inside the room. He is now in custody.
A neighboursaid: "This took me by shock. They are decent people, Christians who go to church every Sunday. I have never heard them argue."
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