$100K reward for info into murder of Trinity A. Moses & Franklyn E. Penn
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Major Crime Team is, however, hopeful that the $100,000 reward just approved by National Security Council will encourage persons to come forward with the needed information to link the perpetrators to the victims since the public continues to remain silent on the matter.
Lead Detective Inspector Joe Goff says there appears to be no clear motive for the murders and the two victims were likely not the intended targets which makes the investigation not only difficult but more distressing for the families.
“Pursuing lines of inquiry can be doubly difficult when the assailants in a murder case cannot be linked to the victims or the intended targets. We need members of the public to come forward and shed some light on who may have been the intended target and why.
“We have families still so broken, unable to make sense of what has happened. Not only is Trinity’s family distraught but her young classmates and playmates are distressed as they are forced to interpret a very different world where they can lose their lives without justification, justice or protection from our society.”
“Similarly, Franklyn Penn’s family has had to deal with not one but multiple deaths in that family to include the murder of Alston Penn in March of the same year. These families and our children particularly need to feel secure again. They need and deserve to know why their love ones were so violently taken,” Inspector Goff stated.
A large high-powered automatic weapon was used to carry out the murders of Penn and Moses which would be very hard to conceal especially on a scooter. These assailants had travelled to the location in West End to carry out the act.
Detectives are asking persons to come forward with information on scooter riders who were acting suspiciously or particularly quarrelsome or angry on the evening of the murders. Any information that can assist in this murder investigation would be welcomed.
The entire $100,000 reward will be paid to the person with information that leads to the identity and charges against the person or persons involved in the murder. A portion of the reward money may be provided to a person with information that is considered valuable to the investigation.
Persons can contact a member of the Major Crime Team at 368-9342 or the RVIPF Intelligence Unit at 368-9339. All information will be held in the strictest confidence.
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14 Responses to “$100K reward for info into murder of Trinity A. Moses & Franklyn E. Penn”
We'll handle the details.
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and police looking other way. some centered around bar by bakery. they never know nothing. sure.