KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United States Navy Criminal Investigative Service has partnered with local authorities to investigate Leoda Bradshaw, the US Navy petty officer charged with the abduction and murder of the 10-month-old daughter of Member of Parliament Phillip Paulwell and her mother, Toshyna Patterson.

On October 13, 2023, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) outlined the allegations against Bradshaw after Police revealed that 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter Sarayah Paulwell had been murdered and their bodies disposed of.

Bradshaw shares a child with Paulwell, whom she referred to as her spouse. Bradshaw, a US resident, allegedly arrived in Jamaica on September 6, 2023, and on the said day began conspiring the alleged kidnapping and murder plot with her cousin Roland Balfour, Richard Brown, and Roshane Miller.

“During these conversations up to September 9, 2023, there was an agreement made under the direction of Leoda Bradshaw for these men to kidnap and kill Toshyna Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell, who was the product of a relationship that Ms Patterson had had with Mr Phillip Paulwell. This plan also contained part payment (which had been made) of a certain amount of money by Leoda Bradshaw to the men for the successful execution of the plan,” the ODPP stated in the release.

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The allegations further alleged that on September 9, Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter were taken from their home at Gilmore Drive in Kingston by Bradshaw in a tinted SUV. Bradshaw subsequently delivered mother and child to men, including two of Bradshaw’s co-conspirators in St Andrew.

In addition, Richard Brown, otherwise called “Richie”, of a Kingston address, Roland Balfour, a 30-year-old assistant graphic designer, also of a Kingston address, and Roshane Miller, a 29-year-old air condition technician are the other three suspects facing kidnapping and murder charges.

The ODPP said the capital murder counts against Bradshaw were based on the allegations of a contract-for-hire arrangement where she allegedly paid persons a sum of money to kidnap and murder Toshyna Patterson and Sarayah Paulwell contrary to section (2)(1)(e)(i) of the Offences Against the Person Act.

On September 9, Paulwell confirmed reports that his 10-month-old daughter Sarayah and her mother were missing.

Female among two charged after cops raid property, seize illegal gun.

Detectives in St. James charged two suspects with possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition, and unauthorized use of premises for storing firearm and ammunition concerning a firearm and ammunition seizure in Bogue Village, St. James, on Friday, October 13, 2023.

The Police identified the suspects as Jerome Evans, o/c ‘Grimie,’ age 32, and Marla Brown, o/c ‘Mally’ and ‘Mixologist,’ age 29; both suspects are from Bogue Heights Drive in Montego Bay, St. James.

According to law enforcement officers in Montego Bay, between 5:45 a.m., and 6:30 a.m., the Police conducted a joint police-military operation in the Bogue Heights community. They searched a targeted premises occupied by Evans and Brown. During the search, the Police found one Glock 19 pistol with a magazine containing fifteen 9mm rounds stowed in a dresser drawer in one of the bedrooms.

The Police arrested Evans and brown and subsequently charged them following a question-and-answer session.

Their court dates are pending.