Published:Tuesday | December 31, 2019 | 12:42 AMPaul Clarke/Gleaner Writer
On a normal day, residents of Kiora, George’s Valley, would have awakened to the cool Manchester breeze and the coos of native birds. But yesterday was not ordinary. The rural district woke instead to blood-curdling screams for help about 5 a.m. from a neighbour, who was shoved outside her house by her 29-year-old son, Jayon Leon.
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| Rowan Dewar was in shock at the bizarre manner in which Roy Leon was killed in George’s Valley, Manchester, yesterday. |
It is alleged that he then bolted the door behind her and proceeded to murder her husband and his 75-year-old father, Roy Leon, otherwise known as ‘Barry’ or ‘Sparrow’, a tradesman. His throat was slit and his body dragged to the front steps of the family home, where the suspect partially severed the head. Leon would have celebrated his 76th birthday in February.
It appears that the alleged killer showered before changing his clothes, managing to escape the wrath of the community and the custody of the police.The horrific news has left relatives and residents in shock. Yesterday, many declined to speak, and those who did were grief-stricken in the numbing aftermath of what some called the community’s most gruesome incident in living memory.
“My sister-in law is distraught. She is just trembling. She is completely horrified. How could a quiet youth just turn and slaughter his own father like this?” said Rowan Dewar, who is married to the wife’s sister, gushing tears. more
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