A LOCAL fashion designer was found beaten to death in his home early on Friday morning by fire fighters responding to a blaze off Collins Avenue.
#The victim has been identified as 64-year–old Jeffery Johnson of the House of St John. His murder brought the country's homicide count to 53 for the year and occurred less than 24 hours after a security guard was beaten to death off Carmichael Road.
#Officer in Charge of the Central Detective Unit, Superintendent Paul Rolle, said firefighters received a call around 6am that a structure was on fire and when they extinguished the blaze they discovered the body.
#“They discovered the lifeless body of a man in a bathtub with multiple head injuries,” Supt Rolle said. “It appears as though he was beaten and hit in the head with a blunt force object. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The house was also extensively damaged from the fire.”
#Supt Rolle said police suspect the victim was killed and the suspect set the house on fire in an attempt to cover their tracks.
#Mr Johnson has been a designer for more than 30 years. According to an interview with elife 242, Mr Johnson spent 20 years in the United States designing in California, Illinois and New York.
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