Janelly David, a 16-year-old girl from Barama Line, Baramita, North West District (NWD), was allegedly beaten to death by a 40-year-old man whom she shared a common-law relationship with.
The murder occurred between Wednesday, January 29, and Thursday, January 30, 2025, at Barama Line, Aramita.
The suspect, Eon Moore, reportedly fled the scene on an ATV in the direction of the Five-Star Back Dam, NWD.
When cops visited the scene—a makeshift camp measuring about 12 x 18 feet in length and width—they observed that the teen was lying motionless, face-up, in a hammock. She was clad in a peach-coloured top and black short pants.
Ranks checked the victim’s body and observed marks of violence on her right eye and what appeared to be swelling to the back of her head.
Enquiries disclosed that the victim and suspect were known to each other, and they shared a common-law relationship and were living together up to the time of her death.
On Wednesday, at about 18:30h, a 31-year-old cook, whose camp is about fifteen feet from the couple’s camp at Baramita, said she saw both of them, and the victim appeared to be in good spirits and health at the time.
Subsequently, the cook left her camp and went to Central Baramita, and she returned at about 10:30h on Friday (today), where she saw the suspect (Moore) packing his belongings on a red ATV, which did not have a registration number.
The cook said she asked the suspect where Janelly was, and he responded, “She’s sleeping in her hammock.”
The cook said she immediately checked the hammock and observed Janelly lying motionless with visible marks of violence on her face. At that time, the suspect took off on the AVT and made good his escape.
A report was made to Baramita Police Station. The teen’s body was escorted to Baramita Cottage Hospital, and he was pronounced dead on arrival by the medic.
A manhunt is presently ongoing for the suspect as investigations continue.
