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USVI man sentenced to 35 years for murder of church deacon
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- - The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Justice has announced that 22-year Avondale A. George, Jr was sentenced to 35 years in prison for his conviction of murder, assault, and robbery charges for the brutal 2015 murder of 73-year-old Augustus Bannis in the vicinity of David Hamilton Jackson Park on St Croix.
2 arrested in USVI for murder of 73-year-old church elder
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— The [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has arrested two 18-year-olds in connection with the homicide death of Augustus Bannis, a then-73-year-old church elder who was beaten and carjacked and left for dead while fetching almonds for his wife at the David Hamilton Jackson park in Grove Place, St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI).