Woman charged with murder of younger sister in Jamaica

A Trelawny woman, along with her two daughters, has been charged for the murder of her younger sister, 36-year-old Tamara Geddes.

The woman was allegedly shot dead by a contract killer on Friday, June 19, in the presence of her 10-year-old daughter at their family home in Reserve district in the parish.

The woman charged with the murder is, 39-year-old farmer, Nadeen Geddes and her two daughters, a juvenile and 21-year-old Shanice Ruddock, all from the Reserve district, Trelawny have also been charged.

The three women are accused of conspiring to hire a gunman who carried out the hit on Tamara Geddes.

On Tuesday, they were picked up by the Police from their Trelawny home, which they used to share with the deceased. The Police said that after they were picked up, they gave caution statements and admitted that they planned and hired the gunman to kill their relative, Tamara Geddes.

The three accused are scheduled to appear before the Trelawny Parish Court on July 22, Wednesday.

Two other people who were nabbed by the Police in Westmoreland on Thursday, but who reside in St James are also expected to be charged in relation to the killing of Tamara Geddes.

The two persons nabbed from Westmoreland are suspected of having established the connection to hiring the contract killer.

They currently have five persons in custody regarding the murder of 36-year-old Tamara Geddes, of Reserve District, Trelawny. Out of the five, three persons have been charged so far. The Police are expecting that the other two would be charged soon said Superintendent Kirk Ricketts, commander of the Trelawny Police Division

According to a senior investigator, the investigation of the murder is not yet finished as other people are being sought regarding the matter.

It is not yet clear that what brought enmity between the feuding sisters but one community member said that the two siblings, who occupied the one-storey house, were at odds constantly.