NewzMANDEVILLE, Manchester — Detectives here up to late Tuesday had not determined a motive for the murder of a used car dealer whose nude body was found stuffed in the trunk of a Toyota Mark X in Kendal hours earlier. “The murder seems personal based on the circumstances. The victim bought and sold used cars.
We are looking into the incident to determine the motive and make a breakthrough,” a police source told the Jamaica Observer. Police identified the murder victim as 45-year-old Damian Taylor also known as “Zali”, a resident of Water Mouth, Porus, Manchester. Police said the grisly discovery was made about midnight when the car was found in bushes off the Kendal to Content main road across from the Kirkvine Sports Complex.
Police said the body had what appeared to be gunshot and chop wounds. The murder sent shockwaves through Porus where Taylor was a renowned carpenter and businessman. He used his skills as a carpenter to build himself over the years.
For a while he also was a taxi operator until he became a used car dealer, so this murder is truly puzzling,” a resident of Porus who asked not to be named told the Observer. Councillor Claudia Morant-Baker (Jamaica Labour Party, Porus Division) described Taylor as a community person. I remember when he worked on the Redberry road...
He was one of the carpenters in the area. He did his business of buying and selling cars and he also operated a taxi. He was always decent,” said Morant-Baker.
Police at the scene where used car dealer Damian Taylor’s nude body was found stuffed in the trunk of a Toyota Mark X in Kendal Tuesday morning. (Photo: Kasey Williams) Taylor’s slaying has pushed the murder figure for Manchester so far this year to 26 homicides. An uptick in murders continues to plague the south-central parish where police statistics show that up to September 5, Manchester recorded 25 murders compared to 22 for the corresponding period last year.
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