Severed head of wanted man found in St Catherine

Friday, September 05, 2008

The severed head of a man, who the St Catherine North Police say they had wanted for three murders, was found along the Tredegar Park main road in Spanish Town, in the parish yesterday.

The head has been identified as that of 21-year-old Lionel Williams, otherwise called Nannie Boy, who hailed from the said community. Police say Williams was wanted for the murders of a man and two women in the Spanish Town area.

According to the police, shortly before 6:00 am, Williams' decomposing head was found by residents who summoned them. They said no motive has been established for his killing and that they were trying to locate "the rest of" his body.

"At the moment we have no clear motive for the killing or information as to where the rest of his body might be," Superintendent Derrick Champagnie told the Observer.

"Nannie Boy was one of the men on our wanted list. He was a part of a gang which operates in the Tredegar Park area and was wanted for the shooting of a man and two females between 2005-2006," said Champagnie, adding that the gang was responsible for a string of shootings, extortion and other criminal activities in Spanish Town.

Meanwhile, homicide detectives in that division were also probing the murder of a truck driver who was attacked and shot on Wood Street in Frazer's Content also in the parish early yesterday morning.

According to the Constabulary Communication Network, 35-year-old Darren Hutchinson was shot multiple times by gunmen as he drove along Wood Street shortly after 7:00 am.

The cops said that Hutchinson, in a bid to escape his attackers, turned onto nearby Frazer's Boulevard where he came out of the vehicle and collapsed in a ditch. An illegal Taurus 9mm pistol was allegedly found in Hutchinson's truck.