The Nassau Guardian
Men in custody after police appeal
The five men wanted in connection with a recent murder spree are all in custody, police said yesterday.
The mother of one of the men who police were searching for in connection with the three murders claimed yesterday that he is innocent.
Annamae Neilly, the mother of Kenneth Neilly, said she turned him in to the Central Detective Unit (CDU) yesterday morning.
"We want to clear his name," Neilly said during a telephone interview.
In addition to Neilly, police launched a nationwide manhunt for Hans Neely, Duran Neely and Aaron Neely, who all live at the same home on Avocado Street in Pinewood Gardens, and Dior Johnson of Spice Street.
Police said they turned themselves in yesterday.
The men are being questioned in connection with the murders of Robert McIntosh, Gwyneth Duncombe and Rhajashe Pinder, who were killed over the weekend.
McIntosh was shot in front of a home in Nassau Village on Saturday around 8 p.m.
Duncombe was a backseat passenger who was shot while in a car in the Pinewood Gardens area on Saturday after 2 p.m.
Police said she and the two other occupants had just left a wedding reception before she was shot.
Pinder was killed around 9:15 p.m. Friday after he arrived at his home in Nassau Village.
Assistant Commissioner Anthony Ferguson said on Monday that the five men are “major suspects” in the three murder cases.
Initial reports indicated that Neilly was related to the three Neely suspects, however his mother denied that claim.
"They are not family," she said. "Kenneth Neilly is my son and he is not involved with them...Not that he doesn't know them, but they are not his friends.
"They (police) are involving him with these guys but he doesn't keep company with these guys."
Neilly said her son has been frequently harassed by police since his release from Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) in June. She said he spent a year in prison after he was charged with armed robbery.
She claimed his case was thrown out because of a lack of evidence.
Neilly said her son was picked up several times in connection with that same armed robbery.
She said she hopes to clear her son's name once and for all.
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