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"NOW that the Supreme Court has seen fit to
legalise murder in Bermuda, the tragedy that occurred outside the
Southampton Post Office earlier this week should not have come as any great
surprise" -
Royal Gazette |
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28 April 2003 |
Shaundae Jones
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to death outside a West End nightclub |
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July 2001 |
Tekle Mallory:
killed in a brawl outside Paget Ice Queen, with more than 100 onlookers late
at night. (Philip, check recent RGs for details. One guy got 8 years for
wielding a knife, the other was released with “no case to answer”—like
Becky’s ruling). |
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A 37 year old
woman, Katherine Gartlan, an art teacher at Berkeley died in what police
called a suicide. “Basically she just boiled to death,” said one officer.
Another admitted that “circumstances were unusual for a suicide.” |
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1996 |
Rebecca
Middleton - torture and murder of a young Canadian tourist. A
monumental blunder by the prosecution enabled her killer(s) to evade
conviction for the heinous crimes. |
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Oct. 9, 1994 |
Brian Simmons,
29, discovered with his throat slashed inside the main gates of the Pembroke
Dump. No suspects. |
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May 19, 1994 |
Mid Ocean Club
caddy Brian Sherlock discovered lying in a pool of blood in a Hamilton
parking lot following a “frenzied stabbing attack.” He died soon after in
the hospital. Despite two confessions in October, 1994, no charge was laid
until 1999. One entered a plea to manslaughter and received 10 years. No
charges were brought against two other suspects. |
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Dec. 21, 1993 |
Irvin Dunlop,
48, part-time Mid Ocean Club golf caddy, found stabbed to death in an
alley. Policed have no suspects. |
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April 5, 1992 |
Chaona
Woolridge, disappeared from her St. David’s home leaving behind her shoes,
one on rocks near the water’s edge, four years old, Down’s syndrome child. |
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1990: |
Mark Leonard
Alexander Martin, 17, killed in 1990 while floating off Admiralty House
during the first day of Cup Match. The family hired a forensic scientist
who concluded that Mark had met his death as a result of massive trauma
consistent a boat propeller. Allegedly the officer in charge of the case
verbally assaulted Mark’s father when he attempted to inquire about the
status of the investigation and potential witnesses were apparently
dismissed by police. |
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Nov. 13, 1989 |
Jacqueline
Meredith, 32. died of massive head injuries from three blows to the head as
she slept in her Smith’s Parish home. . Her husband, Michael Meredith, a
folk singer at the Hog Penny bar, Hamilton, was tried for her murder and
found not guilty. He moved to Florida, re-married. Meredith claimed that
the police stopped their investigation when he was arrested. |
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Jan 25, 1988 |
Stephen
Daniels, 29, found stabbed to death in a Glebe Road, Pembroke apartment.
Gary Cordell Simmons was tried in June 1989 for his murder, believed to have
been drug related. He was acquitted. |
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May 4, 1985, |
Soccer
Player Aaron Easton, 19, found dead of head injuries and stab wounds. The
next day a lynch mob at Spanish Point tried to force a confession from a man
seen running from the scene. He was released after police found he was
running from a different crime. “To date, an inquest has not yet been held
because of a police oversight.” |
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May 2, 1975, |
Webster
(Stringy) Simons, 45, asst. manager of the Palm Cafe on South Shore, stabbed
in the throat. No arrest made. |
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March 3, 1975 |
Margery
Wade, 34, a Berkeley Institute school teacher was found beaten to death and
then raped. Police interviewed more than 4,000 people. No charges filed. |
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Oct. 22, 1967 |
. Cynthia
DeSilva, 17, was shot in the back from a moving car on Dundonald Street.
Owner of the Coffee Shop on queen Street with whom DeSilva once had a
relationship William “John Casablanca” Forbes, 40, was charged. Supreme
Court juries deadlocked in two separate trials. He reportedly died in the
U.S. after plunging down an elevator shaft. |
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March 24, 1960 |
Kevin
Outerbridge, little boy who disappeared from his grandparent’s home in
Bailey’s Bay. “As the days stretched into weeks, the searchers gradually
disbanded and investigators shrugged their shoulders, baffled. Daily
newspaper articles dried up and the story subsided. July, 1996, RG
magazine. A wealthy neighbor at the time offered to set up a reward for his
safe return, but his mother claimed that police officials of the day refused
claiming it would frighten off tourists. |
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Sept. 19, 1964 |
: Two year old
Wendy Caines died of head injuries at KEMH. Police had a strong suspect; no
one was charged. |
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May 6, 1959 |
: Dorothy
Pearce, 59, raped and savagely beaten to death in her bedroom just a few
houses away on Cobb’s Hill. Police had a suspect for both, but lack of
evidence meant no charges were ever laid. |
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March 7 1959 |
Gertrude
Robinson, 72, “Murder Mile Inquiries” Scotland Yard investigated sex
murders of two elderly women beaten to death within two months of each
other. They lived a few houses away from each other. Robinson was raped
and beaten to death near a banana patch outside her Warwick Home. She died
in a hospital of head injuries. No one was ever charged.
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