DAVE WAYNE Ricketts, a 30-year-old private of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), who is charged with the murder of a four-year-old boy appeared in the Home Circuit Court yesterday.
He was remanded in custody to return to court on October 17 when his case will be mentioned.
The Crown is alleging that Ricketts was asked to take care of his stepson, Tyreike Hendricks, on April 5 this year while the child's mother went to work.
However, on the mother's return, the child was found dead. A post-mortem revealed that the child had received blows to the abdomen and head from a blunt instrument. Ricketts was taken into custody on April 6 and subsequently charged with murder.
