THIRTEEN months and six days after being taken into police custody for allegedly murdering six family members, including three children, in St Thomas in February of last year, Michael McLean is scheduled to have his case transferred to the Supreme Court for trial.

When McLean appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday he was told that the comprehensive forensic report on the murders had been completed and that on Thursday the crown would be seeking a voluntary bill to have the matter transferred to the Supreme Court for trial.

McLean, a resident of the Red Hills Housing Scheme in St Thomas, was charged on March 16, 2006 with the murders of 42 year-old businesswoman Terry-Ann Mohammed; 27-year-old clerk Farika Martin-McCool; nine-year-old Jessie Ogilvie; eight-year-old Sean Chin; six-year-old Jhaid McCool; and three-year-old Lloyd McCool (all Martin-McCool’s children).

Since being charged McLean appeared in court several times only to have the matter put off until a later date due to an incomplete case file.

According to police, on February 26 about 7:00 am fishermen on the Blue Mahoe Beach in Prospect stumbled upon the bodies of Lloyd McCool and Jessie Ogilvie lying together with their throats cut.

The bodies of Martin-McCool and her son Sean were found about a half-mile away on the other side of the beach called ‘Cutters Point’. Their throats were also cut and Martin-McCool had several stab wounds in her back.

Detectives believe that Martin-McCool was running away from her attacker(s) as she was found lying on her face about 22 yards from her son’s body, which was also lying face down.

At about 10:30 am, Terry-Ann Mohammed’s body was found 12 miles away on the side of a footpath in Needham Pen. It was burnt beyond recognition. Police said the body was identified by a pair of slippers she was wearing.

On March 2 the body of Jhaid McCool was found in a shallow grave in Rosemont District, St Mary after the police were allegedly led to that location by McLean.