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Henry-Wilson meets grieving students, staff of Boscobel Primary
published: Friday | August 26, 2005

Devon Evans, Gleaner Writer


HENRY-WILSON

BOSCOBEL, St. Mary:

MINISTER OF Education, Maxine Henry-Wilson, brought some comfort to grieving teachers, students and residents of the Boscobel Primary School when she led a delegation from the ministry to the school on Wednesday.

The school's principal, 56-year-old Manning Marsh was murdered in the library of the school on Monday, while he was making preparation for the opening of the new school year on September 5. He was found lying in a pool of blood with his throat cut and the police believe his murder was the subject of a contract killing.

After attending the morning session of the Jamaica Teachers' Association's 41st annual conference at Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort in Ocho Rios, St. Ann where she publicly condemned the killing, the minister went over to St. Mary.

At the school Mrs. Henry-Wilson met with some teachers and students as well as residents of the community and expressed condolences on behalf of the ministry.

LASHED OUT AGAINST KILLING

Earlier in her address to the teachers at the conference, the minister lashed out against the killing "on ground which should be considered holy - the school, a place of enlightenment".

She said such action serves as a reminder of the vital role educators must play in transforming lives and reinforces the daunting nature of this task in a society where there is a degeneration of values and attitudes, a blatant disregard for life and the dominance of lawlessness.

While expressing deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of the late Mr. Marsh and to the community of Boscobel, Mrs Henry-Wilson urged the teachers not to be daunted by the killing. "Let us use this as a solemn reminder of our larger mission to transform lives - to help save our communities, to help lift our country out of its rubble of lawlessness through the most potent antidote we have - education", she said.

In the meantime, after spending nearly two days in the Boscobel area of St. Mary probing the brutal murder, the police have extended their investigation to other sections of the parish.

On Wednesday the police went into sections of Mango Valley and adjoining districts collecting statements from residents, but the lawmen say they are still nowhere close to making a breakthrough.

Head of the Criminal Investigation Department in St. Mary, Superintendent Robert White told The Gleaner on Wednesday that the police were proceeding smoothly with the investigations and have been receiving a fair amount of cooperation from residents.

Superintendent White said the police have been following a number of leads and are hoping that they will be able to make an arrest.

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