BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – THE brother of missing Leanna Napoleon, whose decomposing body was discovered on Wednesday night (Jun. 14) in a shallow grave in the Olivees Mountain area, was charged with her murder.
Information reaching this publication stated that the brother, whose name was given as Brandon Lee Wells, was taken into custody shortly after police were tipped off on where to find his dead sister.
He was charged with the capital offence yesterday (Jun. 17).
The fifth form Basseterre High School student, who was residing with her adopted mother in Keys Village, was reported missing after she had written her CSEC EDPM exam at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College on Monday, May 8, 2017.
She was reportedly last seen on Fort Street, Basseterre in the afternoon of the day in question.
Since then, members of the Police Force, Defence Force, family members, friends and public-spirited citizens had conducted extensive searches in the Buckley’s, Keys and other areas for the missing girl without success.
Following her disappearance, police had taken a number of individuals into custody for questioning, but they were released.
Prior to arresting him on Thursday, the brother was taken into custody on four occasions and subsequently released.
According to a reliable source who, on the day Napoleon’s body was discovered, described to this media house the distance the officers had trekked and the hours spent in getting to where her body was buried, no one person could have taken her up that mountain.
The source suggested that because of the size of her body, “a number of person had to be involved, especially if she was killed before taken there”.
Leanna Napoleon has been the third female to have been killed within a few days shy of two months. Her death has taken to 15 the number of homicides committed in the Federation for this year; six on Nevis and nine on St. Kitts.
