UPDATE: One man in custody following suspected homicide in St Joseph

Gibbs John male adult of St. Joseph, has been arrested and charged with the murder of  Obed Qball Nicholas of St. Joseph.

According to police reports, Nicholas who appeared to have been beaten was found at his home in the early evening of  April 10, 2025.

Currently, reports are that two other male individuals are also in police custody in an active investigation of the matter.

John is expected to be taken before the Magistrate Court today where the indictable charge of murder will be read to him.

Investigation into the matter is ongoing.

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10 Comments

  1. Velda Serrant
    April 27, 2025

    To The Nicholas Family and Friends

    I am deeply saddened and heartbroken to hear about Obed’s tragic passing. Please accept my most sincere condolences during this unimaginably difficult time.
    My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

  2. Loreen Nicholls
    April 14, 2025

    when a human is tied up and beaten to death execution style, this is not an untimely death. This man was powerless, while he was getting murdered by three individuals. l hope justice will prevail in this Dominica.

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  3. Randolfo
    April 13, 2025

    Why did DNO say it’s “an untimely death”? I don’t understand it. So then, DNO, when should that person die? Tell us what you mean by “untimely death.” I know that you won’t post my comment. I’d like to understand the meaning of that.

    • Briselle Nicholas
      April 14, 2025

      Well I’m so sorry for you. But whenever someone beats you to death it was NEVER your time to go. Only God says when someone should take their last breath BUT NEVER from the hands of a spineless coward! It WAS NOT his time!

  4. Ibo France
    April 12, 2025

    Homicides are becoming just another day in Dominica. The place is cursed. The wrath of the Master is on the land.

    How can there be good governance when:
    Prime Minister – Illegitimate, dunce and serpentine
    President – Malleable, spineless and unprincipled
    Ministers of Gov’t – Shady, witless, docile and duplicitous
    Speaker of Par-lie-a-ment – Hog-like, traitorous, transactional
    Commissioner of Police – Unintelligent, whimpish, asinine
    DPP – Tractable, Impressionable, lacks moral fortitude

    A government made up of the WORST of society such as the aforementioned imbeciles is the primary reason that Dominica is perennially glued to the bottom position in the wider Caribbean in here of economic and infrastructural development.

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  5. Labour power
    April 12, 2025

    Q- BALL was a friend.
    Condolences to the family.

  6. Briselle Nicholas
    April 11, 2025

    And justice will prevail! May the cowards that committed this crime be held accountable!

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  7. Friendly fire
    April 11, 2025

    Trust me, due to the “No law no constitution “syndrome for Laborites, I would be surprised if the Hon “No law no constitution” aka China man minister, has not given the police a brown paper bag to twist the facts of the matter and then give another brown envelope to his health official to say cause of death was normal and another brown envelope to family of the deceased to comfort their heart.

  8. I Red too
    April 11, 2025

    The one in custody is a poto labor so let’s see how it works because we will not forget that poto labor that [allegedly] killed the young man and he never stayed a day in the cell because they said the young man who was chased by the poto labor ran in the overflowing river and end of story.
    Let’s also not forget that Malik Skerrit, son of the PM, was involved in an accident in Grand bay where a biker died and by next Morning Mr Skerrit was allowed to legally depart from Dominica without arrest or charge

  9. Briselle Nicholas
    April 11, 2025

    RIP Daddy! I love you forever!

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