I put it to God – Reid
EDUCATION MINISTER Ruel Reid made a quiet visit to Top Road in St Ann’s Bay on Wednesday evening to offer support to the parents of slain teenager Ocho Rios High School student Raven Wilson, who was killed last weekend and her body dumped in the community.
Reid spoke with the media briefly after meeting with her parents, Lavern Morgan and Locksley Wilson, at their home along
Top Road in St Ann’s Bay.
The minister said that he was putting the case to God for a solution.
“It’s a lot of emotion, and I really, really feel it from the depth of my heart,” Reid said. “My greatest sympathy, certainly, has been aroused in this particular situation.
It’s very regretful, and I put it to
God as well. ‘Vengeance is mine’, saith the Lord, and I know the
God up above sees, and he is going to make sure that those who are responsible for this crime are going to be dealt with with the appropriate justice.” Reid said that the killing of any person is traumatic but expressed appreciation for the close relationship that Raven had with her parents.
“I can appreciate, having spoken to the father and the mother, the close relationship that they had, the wonderful relationship. It’s the kind of household and parenting that the Government is promoting – father and mother together in a very loving, caring relationship, such a protective relationship,” Reid said. “When you look at the quality relationship that the mother described that she had with Raven from she was born, very close. Raven didn’t go anywhere, as she said, except both of them were going, apart from when she was going to school, and it’s unfortunate that it was on her way to school that somehow she was taken away and this unfortunate act was committed.”
Meanwhile, Raven’s father is expressing appreciation for the support the family has been getting from people in the community and further afield. “Although it’s is negative, the positive coming out of it is that people still care for others,” Wilson said.
“The police force, to be honest, in the early stage, we felt like we got left out but, after a while, we realised that they are supporting us to the fullest. When it comes to neighbours, the community itself, people from outside, everybody join hands and hearts, and really and truly, we have the support.”
“We really appreciate and thank the people who really give us the support, who make us feel like it’s not the end of the rope,” he concluded. The police, in the meantime, are continuing investigations into the killing, which has shocked the community.