Jeff Bedward drove fear into Bellas Gate
Apr 7th, 2021 | Category: Special Reports | 3:55#JamaicaGleaner #NattalieDawkins #StCatherine APRIL 7, 2021: The farming community of Bellas Gate has been in the grips of a siege by 20-year-old Jeff Bedward, the suspect linked to the disappearance of a Clarendon teacher who was killed in a firefight with the police on Saturday. Relatives and residents of the northwestern St Catherine community have unveiled Bedward as a killer who drove fear into rural folk who did not seek the intervention of the police. Bedward’s 23-year-old brother, along with two other men, was taken into custody by the police on Tuesday. Four Paths Primary schoolteacher Nattalie Dawkins has been missing since March 30.
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