KINGSTON, Jamaica – Investigators from the United States are in Jamaica helping local law-enforcers track down the killers of two American missionaries whose bodies were found in St Mary on the weekend.

The missionaries – Randy Hentzel and Harold Nichols — had rented motorcycles and gone on a trail on Saturday, but were later found dead.

Their deaths increased calls for the resumption of hanging mere days after the Government indicated that it is exploring hanging as a possibility in its war against criminals.

But, the Opposition has since argued that the death penalty does not act as a deterrent to murder and is not the solution to Jamaica’s crime problem.

In the meantime, private sector executives have pledged to contribute up to $7 million to assist Crime Stop in its drive to combat murders.

On the entertainment scene, Jamaican deejay Popcaan was fined 2,000 East Caribbean dollars after an on-stage altercation with a policeman in Antigua and Barbuda on Monday.