“Kevin do not deserve this.” That is the repeated assertion from household, mates, and neighborhood members following the tragic demise of Kevin Walker, a person celebrated for his dedication to youth improvement and neighborhood service.
In keeping with Superintendent Derrick Champagnie, director of the Felony Investigations Department of Kingston Jap Division, Walker was reported lacking on February 2, after leaving his Winery City residence yesterday failing to return.
On Monday, February 3, a barrel containing a physique was found alongside Industrial Terrace in Kingston, a number of miles from the place Walker lived. The stays have been later confirmed to be his.
Walker’s brutal demise has left his household devastated. His brother shared the harrowing expertise having seen his sibling’s stays.
“We have been by no means wealthy, my father offered ice cream for a dwelling. Now we have dad and mom who raised us with integrity. We do not steal or do any wrongdoing. They educate us pleasure,” he mentioned, emphasising that his brother lived by these values.
Walker, born and raised in Allman City, was a member of the neighborhood’s youth membership throughout his youth. Regardless of transferring leaving the neighborhood simply over a yr in the past, Walker often returned to help native initiatives. He leveraging his skilled connections from roles at Digicel and beforehand Nestle to safe sponsorships for youth occasions.
A former vice-president of the Nationwide Police Youth Membership, Walker is alleged to have impacted the lives of numerous younger individuals throughout Jamaica. Ricardo Fairman, present president of the Nationwide Police Youth Membership mentioned “Mr Walker would have served because the 2nd vice-president for the Nationwide Police Youth Membership motion and through his tenure, he would have impacted the lives of many youths proper throughout the nation.
“He was a stalwart in his neighborhood, placing programmes in place to help younger individuals,” mentioned Ricardo Fairman, president of the Nationwide Police Youth Membership.
“Kevin is the one huge brother or father a few of us know. A him assist set nuff a we straight,” mentioned one former youth membership member.
“While you see darkish clouds, him see sunshine and look what dem do him? For the primary time in his life he’s a father, they usually took him. That child goes to develop [without his father].”
