FRIDAY, MAY 03, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.18
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BODY DISCOVERED OFF ROSE BANK Stories by KENVILLE HORNE
THE COMMUNITY OF ROSE BANK was thrown into a state of speculation when a body was discovered off the coastline of that North Leeward community on Saturday, 27 April 2024, by villagers who were working on a boat engine. Reports surfaced that the person might have sustained gunshot injuries, but police have since ruled out foul play and identified the deceased as Reanson Montgomery Kirby, a 34-year-old tradesman from Paul Over (Murray’s Village), who went missing two days earlier. The police confirmed the discovery following a video posted on a social media Continued on Page 3. Right: Reanson Montgomery Kirby was missing for three days before his lifeless body was discovered some distance away from where he first went missing. Left: The blurred image is that of Reanson Montgomery Kirby, floating on the water, as seen by the fishermen.
FAMILY MOURNS LOSS OF A BROTHER Rose Bank, said they are in a state of sadness. Kirby, 35 years old, went missing on Thursday 25th April after going for a swim at Brighton Beach. Two days later (Saturday 27th April) his body was discovered off the coast of Rose Bank. His Catherine Soleyn – sister of autopsy confirmed that Reanson Kirby/Soleyn said her he died from drowning. brother loved the sea water. Catherine Soleyn, sister of the deceased, RELATIVES OF REANSON told THE VINCENTIAN on MONTGOMERY KIRBY, Tuesday that her family is known more familiarly as deeply saddened by Reanson’s Reanson Montgomery Soleyn passing. of Paul Over, whose body was “He was a friendly person, discovered off the coast of
very humble, cheerful and mannerly, always smiling and fun to be around,” a grieving Catherine said, said the grieving sister, adding that her brother “loved going to the beach.” Catherine said that her brother was working at a construction site at Brighton (Beach) and that it was a coworker who first reported him missing. Reflecting on the last time she interacted in person with Continued on Page 3. Right: The clear water of the Brighton Beach where Reanson might have taken his last swim.