CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – IT seems as though police on Nevis will soon solve the murder of Vincey Ferlance as one man is currently in custody assisting sleuths with their investigation.
A police report, released this afternoon (Apr. 18), states that information gathered from the ongoing investigation into Ferlance’s shooting-death led to a search of a premises in Hamilton which resulted in the arrest of a an individual on suspicion of murder.
It also states that the suspect is being interviewed and the investigation would continue in order to establish the facts, but it is too early at this time to say whether charges would be forthcoming.
The police are however extending their gratitude to those members of the pubic who had provided information leading to the arrest.
Ferlance of Bath Village was reportedly shot to the torso at about 3:00 a.m. on Saturday (Apr. 16) and died while being transported to the Alexandra Hospital.
Information reaching SKNVibes stated that the 20-year-old was attending a fundraising activity at Lime Beach Bar on Pinney’s Beach when the incident occurred.
One source opined that “the police should not have a hard time finding the perpetrator since it is known that the bar has CCTVs”.
Ferlance’s death has taken to10 the number of homicides committed in the Federation for the year; three on Nevis and seven on St. Kitts.
The first homicide was that of ex-Defence Force member Vancito Dore of Cayon who was killed in the Upper Cayon area at about 8:30 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 14), while the second victim was 24-year-old Hassan Evans of Pond’s Extension, who was shot multiple times on Upper Thibou Avenue at about 1:15 p.m. and shortly after succumbed to his injuries at the Joseph N France General Hospital on Sunday (Jan. 24).
Twenty-five-year-old Lanzelle O’Loughlin of Molineaux Village was the third victim. He was killed execution style shortly before 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 27) in the vicinity of Junie’s Shop in Mansion Village.
The fourth homicide victim was Wade ‘Grammy’ Phipps who was originally from Lower Cayon but was residing in Christ Church. He too was killed execution style at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 29) in the vicinity of the basketball court in Ottley’s.
The lifeless body of Asim ‘Sim’ Parris of Stoney Grove was discovered in Bath Village Cemetery on the morning of Saturday (Jan. 30). He was the fifth homicide victim, while the sixth was 28-year-old Devon Javid Percival-Payne, whose partly-decomposed body with bullet wounds was found on the morning of January 31 between some tall grasses about 33 yards off the main road that leads from Stapleton Village to Ogees Village.
The seventh homicide was that of Javier ‘Percy’ Caines, an employee of the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services who resided in St. Paul’s Village. He was shot and killed while in a car in Sandy Point on Monday (Mar. 7).
The eighth homicide was that of 17-year-old Tyrique Duncan of Spooner’s Project, whose partly-decomposed bullet-riddled body was found on Thursday (Mar. 10) along a heavily-grassed dirt road in Hermitage Estate, Lower Cayon.
And the ninth victim was 39-year-old Mark 'Pressy' Williams, who was said to hail from St. Kitts but was residing in Cherry Gardens at the time of his demise. He was shot multiple times by a lone, masked gunman in Rawlins Village at about 7:47 p.m. on Friday (Mar. 11).
