No murders record in Antigua for the first quarter of 2023

LOOP: The year 2023 has started on a positive note for Antigua and Barbuda where homicides are concerned.

It can be noted that for the first time in at least the last three years, the country has recorded zero murders in the first quarter of the year.

From 2019-2021, there was at least one killing noted by the second month of the year.

Also of note, in 2022 there was 50 percent less incidents of murder than in 2021.

In 2021, a whopping 16 murders took place in Antigua, which has a population of about 100,000 people.

In 2022, there were only eight incidents of murder but in two instances two persons were murdered at the same time, making the total number of persons killed, 10.

Here’s a recap of homicides in the twin island for 2022:

1. Allan Dowdie

Forty-nine-year-old Dowdie was gunned down onFeburary 10, 2022while standing under a shed outside the Clare Hall Secondary school.

The incident occurred shortly after 4pm and about two hours later a medical doctor arrived on the scene and pronounced him dead.

No one has been charged with this killing.

2. Christopher Smithers

On March 1, 2022, 36-year-old Christopher Smithers of Friars Hill Development was stabbed to death allegedly by Berle Adolphus Nathaniel Wallace Jr who is now on remand for the crime.

According to reports, Smithers and Wallace Jr were involved in an altercation on St John’s Street at around 6:23 pm, during which Wallace Jr armed himself with a sharp object and stabbed Smithers.

Smithers was then rushed to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) for emergency treatment, but succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at approximately 6:45 pm.

3. Jonathan Manley

It is said that sometime around 9:30 pm on Saturday 14 May,2022, an unknown assailant went to the home of the Manley,36, and shot him multiple times while he was sitting outside his house.

He was taken to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by EMS where he succumbed to his injuries. A medical doctor pronounced him dead at 10:14 pm.

The identity of the shooter has not yet been discovered.

4. St.Claire David

It was reported that sometime between 5:40 and 6 pm on July 4,2022, the 34-year-old deceased was standing at a particular place at Skerritts Pasture, when two male suspects exited from a vehicle and shot at him.

He sustained what is believed to be a gunshot wound to his upper body and was transported to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre by the Emergency Medical Services.

He was pronounced dead around 6:56 pm.

This murder is yet to be solved.

5. Tyrone Sylvester Baptiste and his wife Pia Baptiste

Sixty-four-year-old Tyrone and his wife 61-year-old wife Pia were found dead in their Golden Grove residence with multiple wounds about their bodies on 20th July, 2022

Neighbors say that they heard explosions around 4:30am that morning.

Investigators say both victims were found with gunshot wounds and the husband also had a knife wound.

It is not clear how many assailants had entered the house and so far, efforts to find the perpetrators have proven futile.

6. Cesar Santos Ramirez and Rodolfo Emmanuel Sandoval Stone

Thirty-nine-year-old Rodolfo Sandoval Stone and 36-year-old Cesar Santos Ramirez were fatally shot at Pillar Rock last on September 7, 2022.

It was reported that one of the men was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body.

The second man, who had earlier been reported missing, was later found dead in a pool with multiple gunshot wounds to his body as well.

Both men reportedly held management positions at a leading local resort.

No one has been arrested for these killings.

7. Reuben Williams

Williams was stabbed to death in his Bendals home on Christmas Day.

He was reportedly discovered by his neighbour lying on his living room floor in a pool of blood.

A bag of groceries which he was reportedly seen walking home with was found on his front steps

His house key was also said to have been left in his door knob.

This murder has not been solved.

8. Kevin Roacher

This 29-year-old was found shot in in the driver’s seat of his motor vehicle on December 31,2022 at Sir Sydney Walling Highway.

The police at first explored the theory that Roacher had been killed as a result of a traffic accident, but that theory has since been abandoned.

Roacher wasdriving a Toyota Corolla in the vicinity of the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium when he crashed into a bus.

It was soon discovered that he had been shot once in the chest and a spent shell was found on the passenger side of the vehicle.

Reports suggest that another man ran from the car following the crash.

The investigation is still ongoing.

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