And two other men will be facing murder charges after they beat up a mentally ill man on Saturday. Sometime around 6:00, 42-year-old John Jeffords went to J&C Shop to buy groceries for his neighbor. That's when two men assaulted him and left him for dead. He was taken to the hospital, but passed away this afternoon, around 2:00.
But before he died, ACP Alden Dawson told us the names of the men the police are looking for:
ACP Alden Dawson, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch
"On Friday 21st, October, police responded to an incident on Racecourse Street where information received that John Jeffords, forty-two years Belizean and also a mental patient of a George Street address, went to that location to purchase some items and whilst there, he was beaten by two individuals. He was taken to the K.H.M.H. where he remain in an unconscious state. At this time police are looking for one Brandon Hertula and another fellow only known to the police as Baptist or a person who they call "Cheese.""
Reporter
"Is there any indication why they wanted to beat up this man?"
ACP Alden Dawson
"No, at this time we don't have any motive. Like I said, we are investigating the matter and those are the two named persons that may be able to assist us in the investigation."
Reporter
"Did you get cooperation from maybe eyewitnesses who saw the event, who might be able to name the suspects?"
ACP Alden Dawson
"Like I say, we investigating the matter and hence the reason we have two names. We have received some assistance from the public which is very good for us and we continue the investigation."
Reporter
"These two individuals are from the George Street area as well?"
ACP Alden Dawson
"I am not certain the address, but like I said we have the names."
Jeffords had no children.
