Where is the head?

The usually quiet Kingston area was sent into a mode of shock yesterday as news got around that the headless body of missing businessman Mohamed Farouk Kalamadeen was found. As news got around, scores of residents and even those on their way to work stopped to get a glimpse of the remains which were uncovered and left on the parapet some 200 feet west of Camp Road into Cowan Street.

Following the discovery which was made just as the eastern skies were clearing to signal the start of a new day, yesterday, the body was left on the scene for at least an hour before undertakers arrived.

Ranks of the police who live in the area covered it to protect the curious from a horrific sight that could cause nightmares. The body was subsequently removed by undertakers from the Lyken Funeral Home.

According to residents in the area, the body was discovered by three off duty police ranks who were in the Police Mounted Branch Compound. One resident said she woke up and went into her yard when she noticed the policemen looking at an object in the grass.

Further checks by the woman later revealed that the object that she took for a dead dog was that of a man. What was more disturbing was the fact that dogs in the area did not make any noise throughout the night which would have indicated that something strange was going on.

In the meantime, the crowd began to build up and among them were family members. One of them in tears said that she could not understand the killing. She kept asking, “Where is the head? They shouldn’t do that.

Dem kill he; he done dead. Give we the head so we could get a decent burial.”

As police scoured the area for clues that might help in their investigations, curious onlookers were seen gathering in groups as they speculated over the way the businessman met his demise.

Many were heard commenting on fact that his head was nowhere in the area and a more than one-hour search in the 40 feet canal that runs parallel to the Lamaha Street trench proved futile. The only thing recovered from the trench that a policeman and another man scoured was what appeared to be a new towel recently dumped in the trench.

As the two men carried out the search, they were advised to search further up, closer towards Parade Street. “This water does pull bad; even if dem dump he head hey de current gon pull it a li’l distance,” one resident opined.

Up to press time investigators had not found Kalamadeen’s head. The handful of relatives appeared to be calm but they were mostly on their cellular phones apparently informing others of what had transpired and liaising with the police.

Jiffi Lubes Sales & Services, the businessman’s store located at the junction of Light Street and North Road, was closed yesterday. Police investigations into the killing are continuing. At one point a relative was overheard in a telephone conversation, “Like they didn’t know how to collect the money”.

But throughout the ordeal family members maintained that no ransom demand was made.