Trinidad Police Hunt For Killers of Son Attending Wake For Murdered Mother

Tuesday October 7, 2014, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police are continuing their search for the killer of 30-year-old Joseph Nero who was gunned down on Sunday night while attending a wake for his mother.

Police said that 52 year-old Patricia Spinx of Caroni in Central Trinidad, was shot and killed at her home on Friday night. Her killers have not yet been found.

The authorities said that her 30-year-old son was among relatives attending the wake when a gunman on a motorbike called out to him and brazenly shot him in front of numerous witnesses.

The police said they have no motive as yet for the double killings.

Nearly 300 people have been murdered in Trinidad and Tobago since the start of the year.