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Court remands two charged with killing girl


KINGSTON – The chef and girlfriend charged in connection with the shooting death of four-year-old Chloe Brown were remanded when they appeared in the Trelawny Parish Court on Thursday.

Chloe and her father, 49-year-old Dalton Brown, were attacked in a family dispute in Freeman’s Hall, Trelawny, on January 11. Brown was wounded.

The accused couple, 36-yearold Kevin Williams, otherwise called “Bug Head”, and his common-law wife Joan Turner, 42, were charged with murder and conspiracy to murder, respectively. Williams is originally from Red Hills Road in Kingston but had been living in Freeman’s Hall.

Williams and Turner, who did not have a lawyer when they appeared in court, told the presiding judge that they intend to seek legal aid assistance.

They are scheduled to make their next court appearance on February 18.

Police reported that on the morning of the incident, Brown was at home with Chloe and his common-law wife, along with two other female relatives, when he was alerted to an intruder in the house shortly after 1 a.m.

Brown tried to overpower the masked invader but the gunman opened fire, hitting him in the leg. The attacker fired another round that struck the sleeping Chloe in her abdomen.

Chloe was pronounced dead at Mandeville Regional Hospital in the neighbouring parish of Manchester. ( Gleaner)

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Once more, MCG is forced to hihglight the senseless murders of our children who are often caught in the crossfire of adult violence.People involved in such violent acts must be dealt with swiftly and made to feel the full weight of the law up to and including capital punishment.

Please note that it is the policy of MCG not to carry pictures of murdered children.




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