By Nalinee Seelal Tuesday, July 14 2009

A 27-year-old man who went missing on Saturday was discovered dead at Wallerfield on Sunday night. Fitzgerald St Bernard, was shot to death. Up to yesterday his Nissan B14 car remained missing.

St Bernard was reported missing by relatives on Saturday and on Sunday police received an anonymous call that a body was in the bushes at Wallerfield. When they went to the scene they found the body of the young driver.

On Thursday night Andrew St Bernard, the older brother of Fitzgerald was shot to death at Pinto Road, Arima while his 27-year-old girlfriend, Gabriella Soanes was grazed in the left leg.

A 25-year-old man of Dundonald Hill, Long Circular Road, St James, was detained for that murder and shooting, and yesterday ASP Johnny Abraham sought directions from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Instructions were given for the man to be charged with the murder of St Bernard. The man is due to appear in the Arima Court today.

PC Courtney Sanchez of the Homicide Bureau laid the charge.

Police believe that the murders of the two brothers were linked. In addition, they said yesterday that an arrest was imminent. Up until yesterday the murder toll for the year stood at 293.