ST ELIZABETH, JAMAICA: 'Mi a go kill somebody over yah' .....15-year-old boys were savagely hacked to death....Residents say suspect in murder of teen boys issued threats

THE 12 fish pots stand in Dog Bridge River in Thornton District, St Elizabeth as a memorial to their teenage owners — Desrick Williams and Ashnell Coke — who were savagely murdered there on January 8.

Police and representatives from
 Northern Caribbean University
pray with the relatives of both murder
victims at the home of Ashnell Coke
 last Friday. (PHOTOS: 
GREGORY BENNETT)

The section of the river that runs through an area of Thornton called Jackass Pasture, where the murders occurred, isn't deep and the pots are easily accessible.

On more than one occasion David Williams, Desrick's father, suggested to Ashnell's father, Joscelyn Coke, that they retrieve them. But for Coke, a return to the area where the 15-year-old boys were savagely hacked to death, is too painful a task.

Ashnell Coke (left) & Desrick Williams

In a cruel twist of fate, the teens started setting their fish pots at Jackass Pasture, about two miles from their homes, after their crayfish and shrimp catch were repeatedly stolen at the closer Line River and on the recommendation of the senior Williams.

In October last year, the 26-year-old man accused of killing the boys cleared a small patch of land on the bank of the Dog Bridge River where he planted ganja among legal crops, against the wishes of his father. more