Solomon Powell, an ex-soldier wanted for a 2014 double murder committed in Portmore, was captured and charged by the St Catherine South Police on May 8, reviving a 12-year-old cold case, following a ruling by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).

Powell, 63, of West Great House Circle in Havendale, St Andrew, and Windsor Heights in Central Village, St Catherine, was 50 years old when he was first taken into custody for the double murder of Livingston Garvey and Mario Cross on March 7, 2014, at the intersection of Dyke Road and Municipal Boulevard in Portmore, St Catherine.

Detective Superintendent Throyville Haughton, officer in charge of operations at St Catherine South, said Powell, also known as ‘Salla’, was always linked to the murders but remained free for 12 years while the police gathered evidence.