List of 2007 Bahamian murder victims. Mostly men!

[Sunnyjohn]

The Guardian published a list today of the murder victims

Take a look. 95% of the victims and accused ARE YOUNG MEN UNDER 30!


Maybe we all and "The Power's That Be" need to take a look at THAT statistic to come up with a solution.

What are the issues causing our young men to be so angry????


http://www.thenassauguardian.com/nat...6849415679.php

[Alien]

This is not even the near death.

[Sunnyjohn]

Name: Patrick Rolle
Age: 21
Life taken: Jan. 1, gunned down
Accused: Terrence Williams

Name: Felix Mitchell
Age: 20
Life taken: Jan. 7, blow to the head
Accused: Rodner Joseph Timothee

Name: Claranton Moss
Age: 39
Life taken: Jan. 10, stabbed to death
Accused: Keno Johnson and Jonathan Rahming

Name: Jonathan Davis
Age: 23
Life taken: Jan. 21, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Emico Russell
Age: 31
Life taken: Jan. 26, gunned down
Accused: Franklyn Stubbs, Jamal Armbrister and Jacob Woodisde

Name: Sherwin Miller
Age: 28
Life taken: Feb. 1, gunned down
Accused: Jamal Armbrister and Jacob Woodisde

Name: Zhivargo Murray
Age: 19
Life taken: Feb. 11, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Troy Pratt
Age: 19
Life taken: Feb. 11, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Marcus Horton
Age: 21
Life taken: Feb. 19, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Nabal Louis
Age: 42
Life taken: Feb. 25, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Jennifer Pinder
Age: 3
Life taken: Feb. 25, beaten to death
Accused: Troy Sweeting and Rosetta Cruz-Sweeting

Name: Pierre Michelet
Age: 38
Life taken: Feb. 28, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

Name: Anthony Woodside
Age: 35
Life taken: Feb. 28
Accused: Ricardo Edgecombe

Name: Trevonne McKinney
Age: 22
Life taken: March 4, stabbed to death
Accused: Michael Byron Simmons

Name: Joseph Jacquesnes
Age: 44
Life taken: March 10, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Marvin Henfield
Age: 32
Life taken: March 13
Accused: N/A

Name: Leevon Brown
Age: N/A
Life taken: March 16
Accused: Makisha Brown and 17-year-old
juvenile

Name: Tyvon Deveaux
Age: 24
Life taken: March 17
Accused: Tekayo McKinney

Name: Antonio Sands
Age: 30
Life taken: March 17, gunned down
Accused: Dudley Smith

Name: Paul Lewis
Age: 21
Life taken: March 22, stabbed to death
Accused: Lattario Lewis

Name: Desmond Butler
Age: 31
Life taken: March 24
Accused: N/A

Name: Maxo Nonorme
Age: 39
Life taken: March 29, gunned down
Accused: Roden Francis, Dennis Deleveaux and Allen Fertell

Name: Ellie Jean
Age: 24
Life taken: March 29, gunned down
Accused: Roden Francis, Dennis Deleveaux and Allen Fertell

Name: Lavardo Collie
Age: 28
Life taken: April 2, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

Name: Achara McPhee
Age: 31
Life taken: April 6, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Franklyn Knowles
Age: 70
Life taken: April 7, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Konstantino Vardaoulis
Age: 31
Life taken: April 12, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Arthur Dorsette
Age: 32
Life taken: April 16, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

[chancellor]

When you see them all listed down with the ages, and how they die, it strikes you more than the 10 second to 4 minute segment on one death.

[Sunnyjohn]

Name: Wellington Johnson
Age: 28
Life taken: April 17, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

Name: Delroy McKenzie
Age: 24
Life taken: April 26, gunned down
Accused: Frank Smith and Phelion Woodside

Name: Corrie Bethel
Age: 18
Life taken: May 10, gunned down
Accused: Tyson Deveaux

Name: Lambert Bowe
Age: 38
Life taken: May 12, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Cleopatra Gibson
Age: 32
Life taken: May 20, stabbed to death
Accused: Decoyo Ferguson

Name: Denise Clarke
Age: 52
Life taken: June 7
Accused: Hilfrant Francois Joseph

Name: Felix Johnson
Age: 43
Life taken: June 7, stabbed to death
Accused: Hilfrant Francois Joseph

Name: Marvin Lightbourne
Age: 29
Life taken: June 11, gunned down
Accused: David Cooper-Cunningham

Name: Deangelo Armbrister
Age: 21
Life taken: June 12, gunned down
Accused: Edward Carey and Tito Davis

Name: Roselyn Louis
Age: 20
Life taken: June 11, stabbed to death
Accused: Leon "Apache" Rahming

Name: Mario Humes
Age: 19
Life taken: June 14, stabbed to death
Accused: 16-year-old juvenile

Name: Levaughn Finlayson
Age: 31
Life taken: June 21, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Jonnell Jones (Dean)
Age: 25
Life taken: June 21, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: David Rolle
Age: 30
Life taken: June 28, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Mardio Hall
Age: 18
Life taken: July 8, gunned down
Accused: N/A

Name: Emmanuel Cephas
Age: 18
Life taken: July 12, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

Name: Javano Williams
Age: 16
Life taken: July 15, stabbed to death
Accused: N/A

[Sunnyjohn]

When you see them all listed down with the ages, and how they die, it strikes you more than the 10 second to 4 minute segment on one death.

true. Life reduced to a 60 second sound bit. Sad.

We MUST do something...

[Tracey C]

Hello Sunny and everyone else here!

I think much like Iraq, the Bahamas is in an undeclared civil war. While all the powers that be may deny that we are at war, civil or otherwise, the facts supports that conclusion.

Extreme problems require extreme solutions and like the war in Iraq, we need a surge. Whether thats a surge in the numbers of police on the streets, or a surge in the number of parenting programs or a surge in free contraception or a surge in hanging or even a surge in prayers for the youth of our nation, WE NEED A SURGE!!

Perhaps we'll wait until we wake up one day and find that all of our young men are either dead or in jail. Oh sorry, they won't be in jail because all of the young prison officers will also BE DEAD!!!

In the meanwhile, I will put the same security bars on my car windows that I have on my house.....yes, I am THAT afraid!

[watsayu]

Well, the PLP has now politize CRIME.. Urban Renewal cured all of our crime woes.. we have never had crime under Urban Renewal.. or at least in the inner cities...

We must do something about crime...

Maybe, the second chance program.. was also a good idea...

Repeat offenders is only an illusion, of Tommy T and HI,

.. Parry Chriti - why did we vote him OUT.. now our country is going to hell, Crime only came to the Bahamas since Parry Christie is not our PM... It eeen Right Lawd... It EEEN Right...

LOL...

[Sunnyjohn]

......
Just because the political parties politicize crime does not mean WE have to. Obviously we ( the public) need to stop that and start a new type of thinking.



This is WAY bigger than politics.


(I know you are being facetious)

[casualobserver]

Hello Sunny and everyone else here!
I think much like Iraq, the Bahamas is in an undeclared civil war. While all the powers that be may deny that we are at war, civil or otherwise, the facts supports that conclusion.
Extreme problems require extreme solutions and like the war in Iraq, we need a surge. Whether thats a surge in the numbers of police on the streets, or a surge in the number of parenting programs or a surge in free contraception or a surge in hanging or even a surge in prayers for the youth of our nation, WE NEED A SURGE!!
Perhaps we'll wait until we wake up one day and find that all of our young men are either dead or in jail. Oh sorry, they won't be in jail because all of the young prison officers will also BE DEAD!!!
In the meanwhile, I will put the same security bars on my car windows that I have on my house.....yes, I am THAT afraid!

As long as the surge here works better than the surge in Iraq, I'll get behind it.

[Sunnyjohn]

Tracey,

I agree a surge in police presence, community policing (neighborhood watches), youth programs and parenting calsses would be an EXCELLENT start.

Perhaps we should declare a temporary state of emergency and reopen the schools next week (since the last few murders have been of school aged kids, by school aged kids).

Thanks for making this your second post and getting involved in the REAL Bahamian issues.

[casualobserver]

Name: Marvin Henfield
Age: 32
Life taken: March 13
Accused: N/A

Does anyone have more information on this? Which Marvin Henfield? What did he do for a living?

I pray it isn't the Marvin I know.

[Tracey C]

Tracey,
I agree a surge in police presence, community policing (neighborhood watches), youth programs and parenting calsses would be an EXCELLENT start.
Perhaps we should declare a temporary state of emergency and reopen the schools next week (since the last few murders have been of school aged kids, by school aged kids).
Thanks for making this your second post and getting involved in the REAL Bahamian issues.

If we don't get involved we'll all suffer the consequences together. BI and persons like yourself have created an awesome forum for the exchnge of ideas and healthy debate. I'm just sorry it took me so long to get here!

[Sunnyjohn]

If we don't get involved we'll all suffer the consequences together. BI and persons like yourself have created an awesome forum for the exchnge of ideas and healthy debate. I'm just sorry it took me so long to get here!

Well, Delroy is the svengali, the rest of us are just the mouth piece.

Look forward to you posting often. Make sure you tell all your friends and cohorts about the solutions we come up with here.

[lynette]

Tracey,
I agree a surge in police presence, community policing (neighborhood watches), youth programs and parenting calsses would be an EXCELLENT start.
Perhaps we should declare a temporary state of emergency and reopen the schools next week (since the last few murders have been of school aged kids, by school aged kids).
Thanks for making this your second post and getting involved in the REAL Bahamian issues.

I too agree that more police presence is a good start but I think most people dont realize that the one crime that the police cannot predetermine and their presence cannot prevent is MURDER. Unless you are the murderer, no one can predict when and how a murder will take place. We need to find solutions to keep these fellas them off the streets. CURFEW Anyone?