By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN and a woman were charged yesterday with the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man whose body was found in bushes near Carmichael Road last month.
Prosecutors allege Peter Louis, 39, and Jocelyn Similien, 37, shot and killed Cameron Munnings on March 19 in New Providence.
Munnings’s body, which had apparent gunshot wounds to the head and upper torso, was discovered by a woman picking fruit in bushes near Opulent Drive and Edmonton Close around 11am on March 20.
He was described as wearing a white shirt and black pants and had dreadlocks.
Alice Adderley, the victim’s mother, told The Tribune last month that she flew in from Exuma to identify her son’s body at the morgue.
Munnings had been reported missing before police made the discovery.
Ms Adderley said she did not expect to find her son at the morgue, but relatives urged her to check after a news report described a deceased man matching his appearance.
Relatives who accompanied her were overcome with grief and left in tears after identifying the body.
She described her son as quiet and reserved, keeping to himself and a small group of friends.
The accused were not required to enter pleas to murder before acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans.
They were informed that their case would proceed to the Supreme Court through a voluntary bill of indictment.
They were advised of their right to apply for bail in the higher court.
Both were remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until service of their voluntary bills of indictment on August 20.
Inspector Deon Barr prosecuted, while Alphonso Lewis represented the accused.
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