10 unsolved Jamaican mysteries and deaths I rather say’s 12 . Let look in to this

10 unsolved Jamaican mysteries and deaths I rather say’s 12 . Let look in to this

The recent trail of tragedy which began with the human sacrifices at the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries in Montego Bay, St James last week has been cause for heightened speculation and unanswered questions about mysterious incidents including the bizarre accident which claimed the life of disgraced pastor Kevin Smith and police constable Orlando Irons on Monday.

Smith's death has been clouded in controversy and mystery as was his time at the head of the Pentecostal church. Reports have emerged that Smith seemed to have his congregants under a hypnotic spell and controlled them to a point where they made him the beneficiary to their insurance policies and pension benefits and even committed murder and shot at the police at his behest.

Did Smith really possess the power to control the thought process of those who dubbed him 'His Excellency'?

The answers to those questions remain a mystery.

There have been more than a few mysteries that have remained unsolved in Jamaica's colourful history.
1.. The death of Ken Jones

Kenneth Jones was a prominent member of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party administration in the 1960s and it is rumoured that he was tipped to take over the reins of the top job from then Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante. But it was not to be. While attending a Cabinet retreat at a hotel in Montego Bay, St James, Jones fell from a balcony. His death was ruled to be as a result of him sleepwalking but many Jamaicans threw cold water on the official explanation and held true to the theory that he was pushed to his death. The answers to the skeptics' doubts have never been forthcoming. Jones was the minister of Communications and Works at the time of his death.



2. Lester Lloyd Coke (Jim Brown) dies in jailhouse fire

Lester Lloyd Coke, popularly known as 'Jim Brown, was a leading political enforcer for the Jamaica Labour Party in the 1970s and 1980s and rose to be the head of the feared Shower Posse which wreaked havoc across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Coke, like his son Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, was earmarked for extradition by the US government and was subsequently arrested and detained in 1992 at the General Penitentiary (now the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility) until his date for extradition arrived. That day never came as Coke was burnt to death in his cell in the prison. The cause of the fire was deemed as electrical due to a television set Coke was allowed to have in his cell. However many Jamaicans believed that Coke was the victim of arson and that he was killed to silence him before he could spill his guts to the US authorities.






4. Poisoned policeman.

The 2012 poisoning death of Senior Superintendent of Police Dathan Henry remains a mystery. A Coroner's Court ruled that Henry – who was the head of the troubled Clarendon Police Division at the time -was systematically poisoned by rat insecticide but to this day there has been no one found criminally responsible for his demise. In addition a probe has not uncovered how he was poisoned. Who poisoned the senior cop?



5. Who shot Bob Marley?

Minutes before 9:00 pm on December 3, 1976, seven gunmen invaded the 56 Hope Road home of reggae legend Bob Marley and launched an attack. Marley was grazed in the chest and shot in the arm, while his wife Rita was shot in the head, his manager Don Taylor was shot in the legs and torso and Wailers band member Louis Griffiths was shot in the torso. No one died. The shooting took place two days before The Smile Jamaica Concert planned by Marley to promote peace in the politically war torn Jamaica. The attack on Marley was widely believed to be politically motivated. It has been alleged that Lester Lloyd 'Jim Brown' Coke was one of the gunmen but to date no one has been brought to book for the attack that nearly robbed the world of the reggae icon.


6. Eventide Home

The burning of the Eventide Home in May 1980 which resulted in the deaths of 146 elderly women, many of them blind and disabled, remains a mystery to this day. At the site of that tragic incident now stands a community known as Torrington Park which in itself has seen its fair share of brutal murders. The cause of the fire was officially deemed as arson and left a terrible stain on Jamaica's history. The victims of the fire were all asleep when the decrepit wooden building was torched. But why was it burnt? No one has the answer and to date no one has been charged for that terrible tragedy which saw the bodies of the 146 women being buried in 26 wooden caskets at the National Heroes Park in Kingston.