Our own Miss Che-Che
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Such a foreign element is murder here to us in these gentle islands that we are stung with disbelief firstly, at the shocking truth that a murder, as the Police are treating the case, occurred in our midst, and, most despairingly, that the victim was our own Miss Che-Che.
To those who didn't know her-and what a person she was to know-this daughter of Caymanian soil was a simple, God-fearing woman who worked diligently and gratefully to earn her daily bread at her own Che-Che's Variety Store. At 70 years old, she was a pleasure to talk to, a pleasure to deal with, and an even greater pleasure to know well.
Her brutal killing, believed to be by a gun shot, was undeserved by such a kindly woman. She was an unsung heroine of Caymanian heritage, and a valuable asset to the cultural treasury of this country.
May her soul rest in eternal peace.
The sad reality of the incident is that walking our paths somewhere is the murderer of this lady. The Police are working diligently for hard evidence. And we are all anxiously awaiting word of some.
The incident, we greatly fear, may be some sort of danger signal of what lurks ahead in the valley of Cayman's future. But
we hope not. Only a few weeks ago, we recall Capt. Arthur Bodden, grocer of the 7-11 store on North Church Street, was injured, during a robbery. Then we reflect last year on the murder of a young Canadian woman, Verna Lynn Ford-for whose death the murderer has yet to be convicted.
Cayman has still not recovered from the splash of negative foreign press reports that incident earned us in the Canadian press.
We say all this to impress upon the Cayman community the popular public opinion that cases of this nature are damaging not only to the social fibres of our country, but to our overseas image as well.
We place confidence in Police Commissioner Jim Stowers, Det. Supt. Bill Dalziel, who is in charge of the investigation, and the Cayman Islands Police Force.
To the relatives and friends of Miss Euna Elva Yates, the Caymanian COMPASS expresses its every sympathy.
