Head of the St Elizabeth division, Superintendent Coleridge Minto said that the parish is seeing an increase in murders attributed to interpersonal conflict, most often involving blood relatives or intimate partners. “As part of a broader strategy the domestic violence team and the division’s Community Safety and Security arm have stepped up public education efforts, visiting communities to provide information on domestic violence and conflict management. Police rescued him and he was treated and released from hospital before being charged with murder on Sunday. Also in June, police charged 19-year-old Lorenzo Williams for the murder of his brother, 21-year-old Travis Williams, in Stephenson Town near Southfield in St Elizabeth. A month later, police charged 38-year-old licensed firearm holder Joseph Finnikin with murder, after his 20-year-old girlfriend Anishka Thompson was shot dead in Hill Top, Parottee, St Elizabeth.