Glenroy Sinclair, Staff Reporter
LEFT: An emotional Charmaine Clarke wept aloud yesterday, after the body of younger brother, Wayne, with multiple stab wounds, washed up on the shores of the Palisadoes road in Kingston, yesterday. - JUNIOR DOWIE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. RIGHT: Wayne Clarke, in happier times, as he lifts the KSAFA Business House Division One football trophy at the Cable and Wireless Sports Complex, Chalmers Ave. The Cement Company defeated the University of the West Indies 4-0 in the final on September 8. - RICARDO MAKYN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
GRIPPING THE tail of her skirt with both hands, 41-year-old Charmaine Clarke wept uncontrollably yesterday, while standing along the Palisadoes Road, Kingston, looking across the road at the body of her brother which was covered with a piece of white plastic material.
The body was lying on the beach front, which the police had cordoned off the area with yellow tape.
"Him was the breadwinner, a him put the food pon de table," she screamed aloud. "Dem cut him throat and stuff it with piece of iron pipe," said Miss Clarke, as she described the brutal death of her younger brother.
The victim, who was identified as Wayne Clarke, a 39-year-old packing plant supervisor employed to Carib Cement Company in east Kingston, was reportedly killed on the weekend and dumped in the sea behind the factory. The body washed up on the shore along the Palisadoes road.
CCN REPORT
A spokesperson at the Constabulary Communication Network reported that the body had multiple stab wounds.
According to relatives who spoke with The Gleaner at the crime scene, it is alleged that Mr. Clarke was at his office on Saturday when he got a telephone call to meet someone outside, and when he went, he was attacked. The relatives claimed he was killed at work, then dragged through a hole in the perimeter fencing. They noted that a pack of biscuits he had started to eat was on still his desk.
Detective Deputy Superintendent Michael Ellis confirmed that samples of blood were found, but said there was no conclusive evidence to suggest that the victim was at the plant.
The company's Human Resource Manager, Dalmain Small, told The Gleaner yesterday that there were indications that he was at work and that whatever incident caused his death, commenced at the workplace.
"When incidents like these happen, we engage all the support we can. At the moment, we are getting grief counselling for the employees," said Mr. Small.
While expressing condolence, Small said the company will continue to extend its support to Clarke's family.
