Two charged with murder of Clarendon shopkeeper
Published:Thursday | April 30, 2020 | 10:36 AM
The Chapelton Police have charged a man and a woman in relation to the February 28 murder of a shopkeeper in Dawkins Land, Colonel Ridge in Clarendon.
Charged with murder is 22-year-old Jamar Francis, a labourer of Four Path in the parish, while 22-year-old Tasha Smith, a bartender of Dawkins Land, also in Clarendon, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
The police report that about 7:00 a.m., residents found the body of 66-year-old Amos Adams with chop wounds on a road near his house.
Francis and Smith were implicated in the investigation that followed and were arrested.
They were subsequently charged following an interview in the presence of their attorneys.
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