Even Pastor is not free to stay alone

Jamica News

Jun 23, 2007

Pastor stabbed to death in his home

A pastor attached to the Bible Teachers International Ministry was killed Saturday morning in his home. The police say 40-year-old Pastor Andrew Lawrence who lived on Shortwood Drive was found dead by a member of the church community.

CCN Liaison Officer Corporal Lancelot Tyrell told the RJR News Centre Pastor Lawrence appeared to have been stabbed to death.

“A member of the church community came to visit a pastor Andrew Lawrence on Shortwood Drive and found him dead in his bed,” said Corporal Tyrell.

“The police were alerted and upon the arrival of the investigators the body was found with multiple stab wounds,”

“During the process of the crime scene the police found a clothing iron, a gardening fork and a kitchen knife which they believe may have been used to commit the murder,” he continued.