Woman stabbed to death in her home

As of Monday, December 23, 2013

By RASHAD ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

rrolle@tribunemedia.net

A JAMAICAN woman stabbed to death in her own home was one of two persons killed in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the country's murder count to 107 for the year so far.

The first victim, Tamar Pennerman, 37, of Malaysia Way, Elizabeth Estates, is believed to have been connected with a shooting incident last week.

According to reports, he was standing in front of a home in Elizabeth Estates around 11.50pm on Friday when neighbors said they heard multiple gun shots and a fence being rattled.

Responding to the disturbance, the neighbors said they found a man on the ground outside with multiple gun shot wounds about his body.

The suspect, who is believed to have used a handgun to do the shooting, left the scene on a motorcycle.

Well placed sources have also identified the second murder victim as Tamara Matthews, a Jamaican national.

According to reports, sometime around 4.40am yesterday Matthews' roommate went to her upstairs apartment at Kossy Harbour on West Bay Street. After opening the door, she noticed a pool of blood and blood marks that led to a bedroom. Upon following the trail she found the deceased partly nude, lying face up in a pool of blood with wounds to her head.

After being notified, police officers searched the residence, finding no official identification––only a ticket with the name of the deceased, her November 6th, 1985 date of birth and the name of her hometown, St Sago St Catherine Jamaica.

The latest murders come several days after Prime Minister Perry Christie said his government is developing a strategy that will add more manpower and new levels of resources to the fight against crime.

Last year, 111 persons were murdered.

rory 10 years, 3 months ago

obviously clear that anyone riding a trail or sports bike in Nassau is either mentally disturbed or up to no good - do like you did in the 80s and just start dumping all those bikes in the ocean. In fact you could do the same with all the mopeds that ride down the middle of the road with oncoming traffic.

Thinker 10 years, 3 months ago

So very untrue. Keep saying things like that and they will outlaw the cheapest form of trans.

ThisIsOurs 10 years, 3 months ago

They are a nuisance, and most of the riders have no clue about laws governing operation. They believe they have a "right" to create a third lane in the road and you as a licensed car driver should do your best to give way. The same the road is mine attitude is now being taken up by pedestrians, it's gotten so bad I saw a tourist walk in front of a moving car downtown and then deliberately slow her pace as if to say "hit me if you bad". Her husband had to push her to move her along, that's how obvious it was. We are so lawless the tourists are adopting our bad attitudes. The road traffic campaign should have included education for pedestrians and motorcyclists.

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