Relatives reject troublemaker label for Wait-A-Bit fire victim
Published:Tuesday | December 8, 2020 | 12:15 AM
Western Bureau:
The family of the two brothers, whose charred remains were found in a burnt-out two-bedroom house in Wait-A-Bit, Trelawny, on Friday, is rejecting claims by residents of the community that one of the men was a troublemaker.
Glen Channer told The Gleaner yesterday that the grieving family was deeply saddened by the comments alleging wrongdoing by the deceased.
The residents had told our news team that they believed that the brothers, 37-year-old Denvil Brown and 42-year-old Darren Brown, were killed before the house was set ablaze with their bodies inside last Friday.
They also claimed that Denvil, who lived in the community, was a troublemaker.
“While I can say that Darren has never been in trouble with the law, Denvil has had brushes with the law in the past, but that was behind him, so I see no need to link him with criminal activities at this time,” said Channer.
A police source confirmed to The Gleaner that Denvil had recently served time behind bars., but was unable to say the nature of the crime.
Another relative, Melville Brown, also objected to a claim that the younger brother was a deportee.
“He has never travelled out of Jamaica, so I cannot understand why he is being labelled a deportee,” said Brown.
As the police continue their investigations, Superintendent Kirk Ricketts told The Gleaner yesterday that he was unable to provide any information on the victims at this time and was now awaiting a post-mortem to positively identify the men.
He added that based on preliminary investigations, the men may have been killed from Wednesday, but it was after the family reported the older brother missing and went to the community, that they discovered that the men were dead and the house set ablaze.