Philipsburg:--- The mother and girlfriend of the man that was found dead on Monday in Mullet Bay arrived on St. Maarten and positively identified her son and boyfriend as Glenville Emanuel Freeman, born on the British Virgin Islands on June 8th 1976.
Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said they received tremendous assistance and information from the general public which led to the identification of the victim.
Henson said while they are expressing gratitude to the general public for their assistance they also want to encourage the general public to come forward with any information they might have regarding the gruesome killing.
Prosecutor Rienk Mud said police questioned the two persons who came to St. Maarten to identify the victim prior to taking them to the morgue for the official identification. Asked if Freeman was living on the island Mud said based on the information he received the victim was living on his native island Tortola. Mud said the local police will be working closely with BVI police as they investigate the murder of Freeman.
According to reliably information reaching SMN News the victim left Tortola on Sunday en-route to St. Maarten, so far it has not be determined what was the purpose of Freeman's visit to St. Maarten.
SMN News also learnt that Freeman owns a boat and he probably entered the island by boat. On Tuesday Police in the BVI were seen taking photographs of the boats docked at Tellis Bay dock where it is believed that Freeman's boat was docked. Sources say the now dead man bought a speed boat some two months ago which bears the name Renegade, but that information could not be confirmed.
The Platinum News website of BVI states that Freeman is known on that island as Chunks or Jason Freeman. Speaking to SMN News Melissa French of Platinum News said the victim was charged last June, French said Freeman made the news when he reportedly shot his girlfriend. At the time, Freeman told Police that the gun accidently went off, hitting his girlfriend, he was charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of explosives.
The man had then pleaded guilty to both charges and was fined $4,000.00 or 16 months in prison for keeping an unlicensed firearm and for unlawful possession of explosives he was fined $500.00 or six months in prison.
SMN News contacted the mother of the victim Sonia Lewis who was on her way to the Princess Juliana International Airport for a comment, the bereaved woman said she could not comment since she was in no mood to speak. Asked if she knew how her son entered St. Maarten the woman said she did not know but she was not willing to say if her son had owned a boat. " I have no comment at this time, I am not in a mood to speak." Lewis said.
