KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have charged a second man in connection with the killing of two American missionaries in St Mary on Saturday, April 30.Read: Robbery motive for US missionaries’ murders, man charged

He is 25-year-old Dwight Henry, otherwise called ‘Dougie’ and ‘Chino’, of Wentworth, also in St Mary.

Henry, who the police named as a person of interest in the murders, was taken into custody on Friday, June 24 in the parish. The police say he was questioned in the presence of his attorney and formally charged today.

Andre Thomas of Port Maria, St Mary, was the first to be charged in connection with the missionaries’ murders.

Forty-eight-year-old Randy Hentzel, and Harold Nichols, 53, were found dead in Wentworth district in St Mary on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, respectively.

The two were reportedly last seen alive when they left Tower Isle on motorcycles about 8:00 am on Saturday, April 30.

Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police Dr Carl Williams commended the team of investigators from the St Mary Division for their “hard work and dedication in bringing these men to answer to this crime”.