September 28, 2007: St. Vincent & The Grenadines, an Eastern Caribbean Windward Island of 118,149 people (July 2007 est.)  registered its 28^th homicide on Saturday 22, September when a 40 year old father of seven (Ricardo Kelly) was gunned down less than 30 minutes after confirming plans, by telephone, to go out with his Vincentian fiancée, Amy McKenzie. The Trinidadian native was shockingly killed by a shot directly to the head in the typically serene village of Clare Valley.

“He was very nice. He was the best thing that ever happened to me. It aint have anything that trouble him,” declared his grieving fiancée,

In speaking with the media one week earlier, Commissioner of Police Keith Miller had expressed disgust with the number of murders so far for 2007 and additionally with the 10 (37%) that had remained unsolved. To date police has not charged anyone with the death of the latest victim though they said were being assisted with their investigations by one man.