Police lift info blackout on Mair killing

Mystery continues to shroud the death of 74-year-old developer Horace ‘Randy’ Mair more than a week after he was killed at his Gwendon Park Avenue home in the upscale neighbourhood of Norbrook.

Heightened curiosity has attended the investigation because of the unusual information blackout from the police force’s communication arm, which claimed it had no reports of the incident from as far back as last Wednesday – days after the killing.

The landlord of the northern St Andrew property told The Gleaner that for 36 years he has never had so much as a lawnmower stolen, let alone report a murder there.

There are about eight units on the property and none of the tenants reportedly heard and saw anything untoward.

“One thing I can tell you there was no forced entry … . This is something so personal that if you were to live here tomorrow, you’d live a hundred years before anything like that happens to you,” the landlord, who requested anonymity, said on Monday.

According to a report issued yesterday by the Constant Spring police, Mair’s body was found at the premises on Saturday, May 21, about 12:20 p.m. after relatives made checks because they were unable to reach him.

They discovered his body and summoned the police.

On arrival of the police, Mair’s body was seen lying on the ground inside the living room in a pool of blood.

The body had wounds to the head and neck.

The scene was processed and the body removed to the morgue pending a post-mortem.

During a visit to the complex on Monday, a resident told The Gleaner that they were at home late at night on Friday, May 20, when they had heard the gates to the property open and close.

“So I figured, ‘Hmmm, where is the party?’ I wondered who back there was having a party,” said the resident. “I was figuring to myself in my mind, Mr Mair has some people.”

An unidentified woman and an adopted child often visited Mair on weekends, The Gleaner understands.

Close friends and family have visited the Norbrook location since news of Mair’s passing, but his relatives have declined to speak to our news team.

Mair’s high-end motor vehicle was found 9.7km (6.0 miles) south in Payne Land, Kingston, a day later.

Residents with whom The Gleaner spoke contend that they believe he knew his killers.

“There was no noise whatsoever. If there was a gunshot, I would have heard it,” a resident who did not want their identity published said.

It is unclear whether closed-circuit television footage retrieved from the property has assisted in the police investigation.

Two tenants have, in fear, left the residential complex since the incident and want the landlords to install new cameras.

“We have never had anything missing from this property and we have several houses on it. I live there, it’s extremely safe … ,” the landlord said.

“The police will tell you it’s not a case of somebody crawling over the gully.”

Efforts to reach Senior Superintendent Aaron Fletcher, head of the St Andrew North Police Division, have been unsuccessful.