Four persons found burnt to death in Jamaica
(Jamaica Observer) BRIGHTON, Westmoreland — The Savanna-la-Mar police were up to late Saturday afternoon probing the bizarre death of four people who were burnt beyond recognition in a house here Friday evening.
It is widely speculated that the four, who are believed to be Swedish national Suzan Clarke, 48; her husband, 32-yearold Alwin Clarke, also called Ziggy; his brother 30-year-old Derron Walters; and 31-one-year old Wayne Thompson, also called Bruckie, were shot and then set ablaze by their attackers.
However, commander of the Westmoreland Police Division, Superintendent Lanford Salmon, underscored that the police had not yet determined whether the four were murdered.
However, a police source close to the probe told the Jamaica Observer that a spent shell was found at the scene.
But, according to deputy superintendent at the Westmoreland Fire Deparment, Dave Goldberg, they were summoned to the scene by the police who reported a quadruple murder and arson.
“We heard from the police that they were shot and the house set on fire,” Deputy Superintendent Goldberg said.
He said that around 4:59 the fire department received a call that there was a fire in the Brighton district. On their arrival, a room at a partially completed concrete house was seen on fire.
After cooling down operations, the firefighters stumbled upon the charred remains of the four amongst the rubble.
Errol Clarke, the distraught father of Alwin who described his son as a “jovial guy”, expressed that a concerted effort must be made by all Jamaicans to put a lid on the runaway crime.