
Victim: Laje Franklin, 18.
Date and location of murder: April 6, 2022, Southside Road near Pepper Hall Road, St George’s.
Circumstances: Police said Mr Franklin’s body was found near the roundabout on the roadway leading to Clearwater Beach in St David’s, shortly after 6.30am.
He had been shot several times, and investigators said that forensic evidence recovered at the scene confirmed that Mr Franklin had been shot near where his body was found.
A suspect was arrested in connection with the murder, and police appealed to members of the public who may have seen a group of motorbikes leaving St George’s at about 11pm on April 5 to get in contact.
Police also urged anyone who may have heard suspicious noises or witnessed anyone acting in a suspicious manner in the area of Tommy Fox Road or near the Gulfstream residences at Southside, between 11pm and the early hours of April 6, to make themselves known.
