Farmer arrested for murder in Westmoreland JA
Twenty-five-year-old Westmoreland farmer Aldeno Washington has been charged with murder.
He is being accused of killing 45-year-old Lincoln Stewart, a labourer of Ashton district in Bethel Town in the parish, on Friday, July 16.
The police report that about 9:45 p.m. on the day in question, the accused was seen burying a large object on a farm in the community.
It is further reported that on Wednesday, July 21, a resident discovered Stewart's body and summoned the police.
On their arrival, the police say the body was seen in a decomposing state.
The scene was processed and the body removed.
A probe was then launched.
Washington was charged on Tuesday after turning himself in to the police in the company of his attorney.
His court date is being finalized.
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