Dutch Quarter:--- The police and detective department have a large amount of information on murder suspect Robert "Leroy" Reid who is currently in pretrial detention for the murder of his 13 year old daughter.Sources close to the child's mother Evelyn Jarvis told SMN News that the woman had filed a police report against Reid who once hit her. The source further explained that Jarvis and Reid were living together for a very long time but the relationship was bumpy. They said the woman once moved out and left Reid but she returned to him after he pleaded with her and friends that he would change his attitude. The close friends said Reid would constantly chase the woman and his child away when they argue. "On one occasion the man even faked a robbery of his Dutch Quarter apartment. He claimed thieves went inside his apartment and only tumbled Jarvis's belongings and stole her jewelry, while his belongings and those of his daughter remained untouched." The friends of the grieving mother said the so-called robbery was also reported and detectives went to the home to process the scene but nothing came out of it.
The relationship they said got extremely rocky and Jarvis moved out about two weeks ago with her daughter but she allowed the child to remain in close contact with her father.
Robert Reid then accused Jarvis of having an affair, he even went as far as blaming some of her friends saying they knew the woman was having an affair and they encouraged her to move out. "He would pick up Tiffany everyday from school and take her to his apartment in Dutch Quarter and later in the evening he would drop her at various meeting points so her mother could take her home. The mother would make arrangements to meet him at Le Grand Marche's parking lot or anywhere in Philipsburg where there are lots of people. Last week Tuesday, Evelyn Jarvis made several phone calls to Robert Reid asking him to bring her daughter to her and at one point he invited her to come for the child. "Robert and Evelyn argued on the phone and she finally told him to give the child $1.00 so she could take a bus to come home to her mother." The friends who asked to remain anonymous said that Reid claims he gave the child the bus fare and she left his Dutch Quarter apartment at 05:50pm but up to 8:00pm that night her mother was calling him to find out where the child was since she did not go home.
According to another friend, just after 8pm the mother went to the Philipsburg Police Station to file a missing person report and the police informed her of the 24 hour law, they also told her that Robert Reid was transported by ambulance to the St. Maarten Medical Center from Dutch Quarter as he claimed that he was burnt by his bus radiator. They said the man even called Jarvis and told her he was on his way to the hospital. A neighbor also called Jarvis and told her that Robert Reid had gotten burnt and they are in possession of the apartment key and his phone.
The friends said the police then advised Evelyn Jarvis to go to the St. Maarten Medical Center to meet Reid and to see what he would tell her about the child. "Robert Reid had fresh burns on his hands, his face and both feet which were all wrapped up. The doctor's told Jarvis that Reid must remain in hospital because he received second degree burns which must be treated, but Reid signed a discharge form claiming that he was going to look for his missing child." What kind of father would go fixing bus when he knew from early on that his daughter was missing asked one of the frustrated friends.
"When Evelyn Jarvis reached the hospital she met some of Reid's friends from Middle Region there and she went to ask him about their child and it was then he decided that he will take his own discharge to go and look for his missing child. "That man wanted to kill the mother, because when he came out of the hospital he wanted to go in the same vehicle as Jarvis but Jarvis asked him where he was going and then he turned back and went with his friends who went with him to the Philipsburg Police Station where he also filed a missing person's report. "Later that night police called Jarvis and requested that she bring a photograph of her daughter who is missing. "When Evelyn reached the police station the police told her that they found a burnt body of a female in South Reward but they do not know who the person was. When Jarvis went back to the police station sometime during Wednesday Jarvis and her boss were taken to the Emerald Funeral Home where she positively identified the body police found in the South Reward ravine as that of Tiffany Reid." Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos confirmed that the body they found in South Reward has been positively identified as Tiffany Reid.
Speaking about Tiffany Reid they said the young lady was always close to her father who would take her to and from school daily. "Tiffy was always on the bus with her father and we are so shocked and devastated at what happened to her. That was a sweet child she was always pleasant and friendly." Tiffany Reid was her mother's only child while her father has other children in Jamaica. Tiffany Reid was a former student of the St. Joseph Primary School and a first form student of the St. Maarten Academy (PSVE Section).
