BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has offered condolences to the family of the late Shante Claxton and has described her murder as damaging to them as well as to the Federation.
“It is not only Shante and her family who have been harmed. The entire nation has been harmed by this horrific act and we must not rest until the perpetrator – or perpetrators – is no longer walking among us,” the Prime Minister said in a recently-issued statement.
Dr. Douglas called on anyone who has information regarding the incident to provide the authorities with the information as they work to capture the perpetrators.
“I now call upon every single person who might have the slightest bit of information or insight as to what might have happened, no matter where you may reside in the Federation, to invest yourself fully and completely in the effort to identify, apprehend, and capture the person or persons who committed this unspeakable act.”
Dr. Douglas also called for the community to play its part in assisting the police with their investigations.
“Our National Security personnel are asking all of the pertinent questions…examining all possible scenarios…pursuing every conceivable angle. You have been told time and again that the battle against crime is not a matter for the police only…that the community too must play its part. Never will you need to understand and act on this point more than right now – on this case.
“We cannot go about our lives as we normally do. Not even for one moment can we afford to let what happened to Shante Claxton out of our minds. This is a moment when we must – from St. Paul’s to Gingerland – think, and feel, and act as one. Our humanity, as a people, demands it.”
The body of Shante Claxton was discovered, reportedly by a relative, in or near the bathroom of the St. Thomas Primary School on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 6) after she reportedly left for church that morning and failed to return home.
