Investigators assigned to the Mandeville Police Division arrested and charged a man for the murder of 67-year-old Duwen Wallace, otherwise called ‘Jackie Wallace’, of Christiana in Manchester on Monday, May 31.

 

Charged is 29-year-old Ricardo Kennedy, otherwise called ‘Ricky’, of Dobson District in Coleyville, Christiana in Manchester.

 

Reports are that on May 30, Wallace and Kennedy were at a bar in the area when Wallace spoke about a quantity of cash that he had. On May 31st, Wallace’s home was ransacked and his body was later found with multiple stab wounds. The Police were summoned and on their arrival, the scene was processed and the body removed to the morgue.

 

On Wednesday, August 11, Kennedy was arrested after he was found in possession of a cellular phone owned by Wallace.

 

Kennedy was charged on Wednesday, September 01.