In a shocking turn of events, Brandon Maine, a taxi operator implicated in the brutal murder of a St Catherine teacher and her teenage daughter, reportedly confessed to a relative before being found dead in Clarendon. The bodies of 29-year-old Tara Pinnock, a primary school teacher, and her 14-year-old daughter Tally Wright were discovered on Thursday at their Mount View residence in St Catherine. Police suspect the murders were domestic in nature, with no signs of forced entry at the scene.
Maine, who fled to Tweedside in Clarendon after the murders, allegedly admitted to the killings on Thursday night. A relative, speaking anonymously, revealed that Maine’s sudden appearance on Wednesday morning raised suspicions. ‘He came here acting normal, but later confessed to the gruesome act,’ the relative stated. Maine’s body was found hanging from a mango tree on Friday afternoon, with authorities investigating his death as a suspected suicide.
The relative recounted Maine’s chilling confession, detailing how he claimed to have killed Pinnock over a financial dispute involving $3.5 million he had saved to buy a bus. ‘He said he chopped the woman, and her daughter tried to save her,’ the relative added. Fearing for their safety, the relative and his family fled their home and alerted the police.
Senior Superintendent of Police Hopton Nicholson described the murders as ‘cowardly’ and emphasized that the investigation is ongoing. Maine, who grew up in Tweedside before moving to St Catherine, had a history of running a taxi service between Spanish Town and Naggo Head. His sudden return to Clarendon and subsequent actions have left the community in shock.