According to reports, opposition congressman Phillip Paulwell’s American lover, Leoda Bradshaw, went to Jamaica with the sole intent of killing Paulwell’s young daughter and her mother.
This occurred one day after she questioned the mother on Facebook over the child.
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Four days prior to Toshyna Patterson, 27, and Sarayah Paulwell, 10 months, being kidnapped outside of their St. Andrew house on September 9, the 34-year-old US Navy lieutenant reportedly landed on the island. They supposedly were transported to east Kingston where they were shot, murdered, and then had their remains burned.
Bradshaw is said to have given the hitmen J$100,000 (or its equivalent in US dollars) as a deposit for the J$500,000 hit.
The accusations were recently made public in Kingston’s Home Circuit Court after Bradshaw and her cousin Roland Balfour were hauled before Justice Simone Wolfe Reece on a voluntary bill of indictment to avoid the parish court’s procedures.
The mother of one appeared devastated and thoroughly depressed as she was portrayed as the mastermind behind the terrible kidnapping and murder. She was dressed in an enormous lavender print dress.
Balfour, one of the four suspects in the fatal plan, appeared similarly dejected.
In addition, Bradshaw and Paulwell are parents of the same child. He faces two charges of capital murder, conspiracy to kill, abduction, and conspiracy to kidnap.
Both kidnapping and murder accessories before the fact charges were brought against Balfour on two counts each.
Bradshaw dropped her head in court as Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Andrea Martin-Swaby laid out the devastating claims. The court heard about how Bradshaw got in touch with the guys and devised a plot to kill and abduct the lady and child before they arrived in Jamaica.
The claims state that Bradshaw contacted Patterson via Facebook on September 5 and introduced herself as the parliamentarian’s wife after learning of the child’s existence.
She apparently suggested that Patterson get a paternity test during that chat, but the lady afterward banned her on the social networking site.
According to the prosecution, American-born Bradshaw landed on the island the next day with plans to kill the mother and her 10-month-old baby.
Bradshaw allegedly hired individuals, including Rushane Miller and Richard Brown, to abduct and kill the mother and daughter with the assistance of her cousin and fellow defendant, Balfour.
The men reportedly proceeded to investigate Patterson’s neighborhood later that evening.
Further allegations include that they met at Bradshaw’s accommodation at Stony Hill, St Andrew, on September 7 to plan the execution of the kidnapping and murder scheme.
Bradshaw allegedly called Patterson numerous times before 7 a.m. the next day to lure her out of her house, but he was unsuccessful.
According to the evidence, Bradshaw arrived at Patterson’s home on Gilmore Drive in Kingston 20 around 7 a.m. in an SUV with tinted windows.
Entering the car, Patterson and her infant stayed there for more than 15 minutes.
At 7:22 in the morning, the car drove away leaving the area.
Martin-Swaby continued by saying that according to the Crown, Bradshaw then allegedly brought them to Stony Hill and gave them to the individuals there.
The mother and her daughter were carried against their will to Wareika Hill in St. Andrew, where they were murdered with a gun and then burned.
Later, when police returned to the crime scene, they discovered blood and dry bones close to where the two are thought to have been slain.
In the meanwhile, the prosecutor stated that disclosure will occur by October 23.
Debra Martin, a lawyer for Bradshaw, provided the court with more guidance. They were both placed on remand.
The two additional defendants, Brown and Miller, were voluntarily indicted earlier this week before the Home Circuit Court, according to a news statement from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Their cases will be discussed when they return to court later this month.
While Brown is accused with two charges each of conspiracy to kill and kidnap, Miller is accused of two counts of accessory before the fact of murder and accessory before the fact of abduction.
