Jonique Gaynor, Staff Reporter

Prudence Gentles (left), coordinator for Crime Stop, collects a cheque for $100,000 from Karin Cooper (right), corporate affairs and marketing manager, the Gleaner Company. The cheque was presented for payment in connection with the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Oksana Douglas who was featured in THE STAR's Hunt For Child Killers Campaign. Looking on is Dwayne Gordon, acting Star editor. The presentation was made at The Gleaner's downtown Kingston offices yesterday. - Andrew Smith/Photography Editor

Coordinator of Crime Stop, Prudence Gentles, says she was surprised that the first case to see results from The STAR's Hunt For Child Killers Campaign was the December 2005 murder of seven-year-old Oksana Douglas.

Douglas was killed in a drive-by shooting while on her way home from a party in the Olympic Gardens area.

Gentles told The Gleaner that such cases are normally the hardest to solve with witnesses usually unwilling to talk.

"I was surprised that it was this case, because it's a case of a drive-by shooting that we think is gang related," she said. "I'm pleasantly surprised."

Received a tip

She commended The STAR for its efforts and said she wished more corporate organisations and individuals would join the hunt for child killers.

The suspect, Oneil Hammond, otherwise called 'Golas', of a Kingston 11 address, was arrested after the police received a tip from a caller and set up a roadblock.

The Hunt for Child Killers Campaign is geared towards receiving information from the public to help in solving the murders of 10 children.

If you have information on murders of children, call Crime Stop at 311.