ST ANN, Jamaica — The police have arrested four people in connection with an incident in St Ann, which has left a family homeless and missing since mid-November.

The four-member family, according to a news release from the police’s Corporate Communications Unit, were victims of an “unusual string of events”, which occurred on Monday, November 16.

Information received from the St Ann’s Bay police is that about 3:30 am, residents saw the house ablaze and summoned them. After the blaze was extinguished, it was observed that there were no occupants in the house.

The family has not been seen or heard from since.

The police say preliminary investigations suggest that the fire was the work of arsonists.

Missing are: 57-year-old Joesph Lynch, 43-year-old Lascelle Lynch, 50-year-old Ruth Lawrence, and seven-year-old Rimeka Haynes, all of Authurs Mount, Lime Hall in St Ann.

Joseph is of dark complexion, slim build and is about five-foot-nine-inch tall, while Lascelle is of dark complexion, slim build and is about five-foot-nine-inch tall, and Ruth is about three-foot tall. The police say no description was provided for Rimeka .

The police say the four men in custody were questioned in the presence of their attorneys on Saturday and are expected to be charged with housebreaking and arson.

In the meantime, the police have urged anyone knowing the whereabouts of Joesph Lynch, Lascelle Lynch, Ruth Lawrence, and Rimeka Haynes to contact the St Ann’s Bay police at 972-2211, police emergency 119 number or the nearest police station.