Navy petty officer indicted in alleged murder-for-hire plot that killed woman and baby

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Source: NBC News

Navy petty officer indicted in alleged murder-for-hire plot that killed woman and baby

Prosecutors say Leoda Bradshaw orchestrated the plot to kill Toshyna Patterson, 27, and her 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell, last month. The victims were connected to a member of the Jamaican parliament.

Oct. 17, 2023, 4:09 PM EDT / Source: NBC News
By Marlene Lenthang

A U.S. Navy petty officer has been arrested on accusations of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill a woman and her baby in Jamaica connected to a member of parliament whom she had a relationship with.

Leoda Vanessa Bradshaw, 34, was indicted last week in connection with the kidnapping and murders of Toshyna Patterson, 27, and her 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell.

Bradshaw had a relationship and a child with Phillip Paulwell, a member of Parliament from Kingston East and Port Royal, and she considered him to be her spouse, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kingston said in a news release.

Prosecutors said that Sarayah Paulwell was also Phillip Paulwell's daughter.

Bradshaw visited Jamaica on Sept. 6, prosecutors said, and in an apparent act of vengeance hatched a plan with three men to kidnap and kill Patterson and her child.

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1. 'Unimaginable': US Navy Officer In Love Triangle Faces Death Penalty for Murder and Abduction of Pol

Source: Atlanta Black Star

‘Unimaginable’: US Navy Officer In Love Triangle Faces Death Penalty for Murder and Abduction of Politician’s 10-Month-Old Daugther and Child’s Mother

By Taylor Ardrey | Published on: October 18, 2023

A US Navy officer was charged last week after being accused of hiring hitmen to kill a Jamaican politician’s daughter and the child’s mother.

Leoda Bradshaw is facing charges including capital murder and kidnapping in connection to the death of Phillip Paulwell’s 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell, and 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson, the Jamaica Observer reported, citing the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Paulwell, 61, is a Member of Parliament for East Kingston and Port Royal and also has a child with Bradshaw. The two were reportedly in a relationship together, officials say, and Bradshaw touts him as her spouse.

Authorities alleged that when Bradshaw arrived in Jamaica in early September, she planned the crime for three individuals to carry out. They were identified as Richard Brown, Roshane Miller, and her cousin, Roland Balfour.

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Read more: https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/10/18/us-navy-officer-in-love-triangle-charged-with-murder-and-abduction/