Suspect in Moblissa double murder arrested

The camp that Molly James and her children called home. The zinc sheets were only put on yesterday, according to a relative. (Photo by Oluatoyin Alleyne)

The suspect in the murders of a Moblissa mom and her son was arrested yesterday, even as it was revealed that hours before the killings, he had threatened that he would kill her after she reported to police that he had attacked a relative.

The woman, Molly James, 34, was chopped then stabbed to death by her 17-year-old step-brother (not her son as was previously reported by this newspaper) at her Moblissa, Soesdyke-Linden Highway home in the wee hours of Saturday. The teenager also fatally chopped James’ son Aaron James, 15, who died awaiting transportation to take him for medical help. The killer then fled.

Yesterday, relatives reported that the suspect was arrested. James’ sister Melissa James told