Topic: Cayman Compass Cold Case File
Cops make arrest in murder featured in Compass Cold Case series
Nearly seven years after West Bay father-of-one Justin Dilly Manderson was killed, a man allegedly connected to his murder has been arrested by police.
Nine years on, murder of Irvin Garland Bush unsolved
Almost two years to the day after his son Robert Mackford Bush was shot dead in 2011, Irvin Garland Bush met a similar fate when he was gunned down in West Bay.
Cold Case Files: Anthony Connor ‘ambushed’ while on a night out
The evening of Friday, 11 Oct., 2013 started out the same as any other night on the town for Anthony James Connor. However, within hours of hanging out at popular watering hole the Mango Tree, the 32-year-old’s life was cut short at the hands of a unknown gunman.
Cold Case detectives reopen suspicious fatal road collision on Cayman Brac
At first glance, the death of mother-of-seven Eva Glee Ebanks in a crash in 1997 on Cayman Brac seemed like a tragic accident. But there was always something suspicious about the circumstances of her death. For starters, she may have been struck twice.
Nine years on: Grieving mother pleads for justice in Earl Hart’s murder
Cancer survivor Iva Hart had to draw on her every strength to continue to fight for her life in the aftermath of her son Earl Hart's assassination and though it's been nine years since his death not a day does not go by that she nor his children miss him.
West Bay father recalls son’s Christmas Day murder
Three years may have gone by since Wentworth Ebanks’ only son Darrington was gunned down while hanging out with friends on Christmas Day, but the pain of that loss still remains fresh in the West Bay father’s memory.
Christmas Day tragedy haunts family of Darrington Ebanks
Christmas Day will forever be a painful reminder for relatives of 29-year-old Darrington Ebanks of the tragedy they suffered when the West Bay father was shot dead in 2018.
Cold Case season 2 begins: Public input essential to cracking unsolved cases
As the Cayman Compass Cold Case series enters its second season, Detective Sergeant Peter Dean, head of the RCIPS Serious Crime Review team, said leads are coming in on the unsolved murders, but more public input is needed to crack the cases.
Year in review: Cayman Compass Cold Case Files
Over the last nine months, the Cayman Compass embarked on a special multi-media series, in partnership with the RCIPS, to shine the spotlight on the unsolved cases.
Working with the Serious Crime Review team, led by Detective Sergeant Peter Dean, Compass journalists Reshma Ragoonath and Alvaro Serey delved into the circumstances of eight of these cases, some of which have remained open and under investigation for a decade.
Cold Case Files: Second shooter in Robert Mackford Bush murder yet to be caught
The assassination of Robert Mackford Bush in September 2011 sparked one of the bloodiest weeks in Cayman’s history, as tensions between the rival Logwoods and Birch Tree Hill gangs played out on the streets.
VIDEO Cold Case Files: Andrew Baptist
Watch the latest episode in the Compass Cold Case Files, in which we delve into Andrew Baptist’s still-unsolved killing.
EXCLUSIVE: Cold Case Files: Mistaken identity leads to murder
Andrew Baptist was just 24 years old when his life was snatched away at the hands of unknown gunmen in September 2011, leaving his...
Cold Case files – Preston Rivers: ‘My brother didn’t get to live his life’
The night of 17 Sept. 2011 still feels like yesterday for Erica Webster; that was when life for her and her family changed forever. It is the date when her 18-year-old brother Preston Ezikiel Rivers was gunned down in West Bay.
Cold Case Files: 10 years on, Preston Rivers’ murder remains unsolved
Ten years may have passed since West Bay resident Preston Rivers was gunned down near his girlfriend’s home, but for Chief Inspector Malcolm Kay the memory of the teenager’s killing remains fresh.
Cold Case File: Jason Christian, a young life lost
Jason Christian was just 18 when he was ambushed and killed in September 2011. Ten years later, his family and friends still mourn his death and police continue to seek to bring all involved in his murder to justice.
Cold Case file: Kerran Baker
On the evening of 30 July 2011, Kerran ‘Kerry-Ann’ Baker disappeared without a trace and as her friends and family marked the tenth anniversary since that fateful day they renew their call for justice.
Cayman Compass Cold Case: What really happened to Kerran Baker?
In this month’s Cayman Compass Cold Case files, in partnership with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, we delve into the murder of 25-year-old Kerran ‘Kerry-Ann’ Baker.
Justice for Kerran: ‘Please come forward, please say something’
The fear that she experienced when her friend Kerran ‘Kerry-Ann’ Baker disappeared without a trace in July 2011, remains etched in Inia Ricketts’s mind.
Compass Cold Case: Who killed Courtney Spence?
About one month after celebrating his 32nd birthday, Courtney Delroy Spence’s life came to an untimely and violent end when the Jamaican national was gunned down in January 2010.
Cold case files: A family in pain
The shock and trauma of his son Justin Manderson's murder back in 2016 continues to haunt West Bay father Jake Manderson.
Exclusive: Police investigate 2016 cold case murder of Justin Manderson
As the five-year observance of Justin ‘Dilly’ Manderson’s murder approaches, his father, Jake Manderson, is praying that for this anniversary, when he visits his son’s grave, he can tell him justice has been served and his killers are off the street.
EXCLUSIVE The murder of David Ebanks: A mother’s cry for justice
David Ebanks' murder is one of over 20 cold cases being looked at by the RCIPS Serious Crime Review Unit, headed by Detective Sergeant Peter Dean.
Search for justice: Cayman Compass series shines light on cold cases
Cayman Compass journalists Reshma Ragoonath and Alvaro Serey, in partnership with the RCIPS Serious Crimes Review Team, will be highlighting the cold cases under investigation in a new monthly crime investigative series.
Profile: Police turn up heat on cold cases
This special feature highlights RCIPS Major Crimes Unit and Serious Crime Review team who set out to crack cases here. It is the first in a special month series profiling local cold cases.


























