Detectives investigating the disappearance of Phillip Paulwell’s daughter and her mother have taken three suspects into custody, one of whom is a close female associate of the former Government Minister.
According to the Police, law enforcement officers arrested the suspects at separate St. Andrew locations on Thursday, October 5, 2023.
An unauthorized law enforcement source stated that the authorities have enough evidence to charge the suspects with murder and kidnappings.
In the meantime, the Police have withheld the names of the suspects pending charges. The source said Paulwell is not a suspect in the matter.
On September 9, 2023, Phillip Paulwell confirmed reports that his 10-month-old daughter Sarayah Paulwell and her mother, 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson, have been missing from their home at Gilmore Drive, Kingston 20, since September 8.
“This is scary and comes at a time when I have been threatened by scammers who have hacked my phone and banking data and are demanding money to release them,” Paulwell said at the time.
Phillip Paulwell
“I have made it clear that I will not give in to extortionists, but this is a serious and dangerous development. The matter has been reported to the Police and I have given a full statement. I have also increased my security measures,” he said.
“I am worried sick over their safety and hope the police, who have launched a high-level investigation, will find the abductors and get them both home safe and sound,” added Paulwell.
Police seized two more firearms in St James.
ST JAMES, Jamaica – On Thursday, October 5, 2023, law enforcement officers in St. James removed two more guns and 33 assorted rounds of ammunition off the streets during an operation in Flower Hill, St James.
According to reports, at about noon, the Police, acting on intelligence, searched an open lot in the Flour Hill community and recovered one M16 rifle with one magazine containing twenty-five 5.56 rounds and a Smith and Wesson 9mm pistol with a magazine containing thirteen 9mm rounds of ammunition. The Police found the weapons hidden under a mattress.
The Police did not make any arrests.