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Mother of 8-y-o murder victim struggling
Son found sodomised with neck broken
BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, August 12, 2010
LITTLE BAY, Westmoreland — Egolyn Limmoth, the mother of eight-year-old Kevis Limmoth, whose body was fished from the sea by residents of Westmoreland’s Little Bay community on July 31, is finding it almost impossible to cope.
It had been initially suspected that the young Limmoth, affectionately called “Don Lee” by his mother, had drowned, however, a post-mortem examination, which revealed that he had been sodomised and his neck broken, has triggered speculation in the community that he was raped, then murdered.
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“Better me run wey. Me can’t stay here no more. It better me run wey. Look what me go through with Don Lee to carry him here. Me can’t manage it at all. No more Don Lee,” wailed the late Limmoth’s mother, as a group of ladies tried to console her on Tuesday.
The ladies were among many grieving members of the community who gathered at her home to support her.
In an effort to encourage what is likely to be a life-long healing process, they listened as the distraught mother of five relived the painful experience of giving birth to Don Lee by caesarean section after being diagnosed with cancer.
He was just seven months old, but grew up into an athletic little boy.
“He loved to play, but most of all he was very helpful. He loved physical education. Because of his physique I believe he would have excelled in the game of football,” said one of his teachers, Cleopatra Vaccianna.
The sentiments expressed by Vaccianna, who taught the boy at the Little Bay All-Age School, were echoed by her colleague, Franchae Donaldson.
“He was loving and always helpful. He was always the first to offer to assist,” she said.
The late Limmoth’s siblings are mostly quiet as they pass the time over a mirthless game of dominoes under a makeshift tent set up to host the many residents who stop by to show support.
They do not seem anxious to go inside the house where their mother, who has had to seek medical attention, is recounting the events leading up to the fateful day when she became alarmed after failing to receive a response from her son on calling him. Desperation set in after she discovered that he was not at the nearby house of — Steve Bremmer — the father of her two first children, where the young Limmoth used to hang out.
“Although Steve was not his father he did not treat him different from his own children,” she explained.
Her fears worsened when Steve’s brother, the late Limmoth’s football coach, announced that he discovered her son’s clothing and his kite on a rock near the sea.
Up to yesterday he was still behind bars, being questioned by the police.
Describing her late son as a “kind, respectful, loving, friendly, generous and helpful little child” the distraight mother claimed her son was not a swimmer and was not allowed to go near the sea.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s father, Lebert, a janitor at the Little Bay All-Age, was away from home, arranging for his son’s burial.
A memorial service for Kevis will be held at the nearby community of Brighton Lighthouse Assembly of God Church on Monday, August 16 starting at noon. Interment will follow at the family burial plot in Brighton district.
Son found sodomised with neck broken
BY HORACE HINES Observer West reporter hinesh@jamaicaobserver.com
Thursday, August 12, 2010
LITTLE BAY, Westmoreland — Egolyn Limmoth, the mother of eight-year-old Kevis Limmoth, whose body was fished from the sea by residents of Westmoreland’s Little Bay community on July 31, is finding it almost impossible to cope.
It had been initially suspected that the young Limmoth, affectionately called “Don Lee” by his mother, had drowned, however, a post-mortem examination, which revealed that he had been sodomised and his neck broken, has triggered speculation in the community that he was raped, then murdered.
Egolyn Limmoth 1/1 “Better me run wey. Me can’t stay here no more. It better me run wey. Look what me go through with Don Lee to carry him here. Me can’t manage it at all. No more Don Lee,” wailed the late Limmoth’s mother, as a group of ladies tried to console her on Tuesday.
The ladies were among many grieving members of the community who gathered at her home to support her.
In an effort to encourage what is likely to be a life-long healing process, they listened as the distraught mother of five relived the painful experience of giving birth to Don Lee by caesarean section after being diagnosed with cancer.
He was just seven months old, but grew up into an athletic little boy.
“He loved to play, but most of all he was very helpful. He loved physical education. Because of his physique I believe he would have excelled in the game of football,” said one of his teachers, Cleopatra Vaccianna.
The sentiments expressed by Vaccianna, who taught the boy at the Little Bay All-Age School, were echoed by her colleague, Franchae Donaldson.
“He was loving and always helpful. He was always the first to offer to assist,” she said.
The late Limmoth’s siblings are mostly quiet as they pass the time over a mirthless game of dominoes under a makeshift tent set up to host the many residents who stop by to show support.
They do not seem anxious to go inside the house where their mother, who has had to seek medical attention, is recounting the events leading up to the fateful day when she became alarmed after failing to receive a response from her son on calling him. Desperation set in after she discovered that he was not at the nearby house of — Steve Bremmer — the father of her two first children, where the young Limmoth used to hang out.
“Although Steve was not his father he did not treat him different from his own children,” she explained.
Her fears worsened when Steve’s brother, the late Limmoth’s football coach, announced that he discovered her son’s clothing and his kite on a rock near the sea.
Up to yesterday he was still behind bars, being questioned by the police.
Describing her late son as a “kind, respectful, loving, friendly, generous and helpful little child” the distraight mother claimed her son was not a swimmer and was not allowed to go near the sea.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s father, Lebert, a janitor at the Little Bay All-Age, was away from home, arranging for his son’s burial.
A memorial service for Kevis will be held at the nearby community of Brighton Lighthouse Assembly of God Church on Monday, August 16 starting at noon. Interment will follow at the family burial plot in Brighton district.
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