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13 months ago - on July 6, 2016, there were three city murders in just five hours.  19 year old Devin Parham was the second murder victim; he was killed on Cemetery Road in broad daylight.  

Today, Valentine Baptist, the man accused of his murder was committed to stand trial for it in the October session of the Supreme Court. That happened today after a preliminary inquiry was held in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Senior Magistrate Fraser told him that he has until August 8 to submit the name of the witness in writing. Apart from the murder charge, Baptist has a charge of kept firearm without a gun license which is pending trial.