Cordell Farrington, 35, appeared in the Freeport court where he was charged with the murder of Jamaal Robinson, 22; Mackinson Colas, 11; Junior Reme, 11; DeAngelo McKenzie, 13; and Desmond Rolle, 14.<\/P><\/p>\n
McKenzie went missing in May along with Colas and Jake Grant, 12. Reme vanished June 30. Rolle disappeared Sept. 28.<\/P><\/p>\n
The boys had worked as bag-packers at the Winn Dixie Supermarket in Freeport and played video games nearby.<\/P><\/p>\n
Piles of skeletal remains were found Sunday in the Barbary Beach area. The remains were found before Farrington was arrested.<\/P><\/p>\n
“It’s a hard thing to deal with,” said Hercules Knowles, DeAngelo’s uncle. He added, “It ends the waiting. It’s something (now) you can put to rest.”<\/P><\/p>\n
Four minors were charged earlier this month with manslaughter in connection with Grant’s disappearance. Grant allegedly drowned, according to the minors charged, but his body has not been found yet.<\/P><\/p>\n
Family members said they knew Farrington as a friendly, hard worker who came to Freeport from Nassau about a year ago. He worked as a clerk at Kelly’s Freeport Ltd., near the Winn Dixie.<\/P><\/p>\n
Christopher Lowe, a manager at the hardware store, said Farrington worked there for three months and passed all of his background checks, including employment and a criminal background check.<\/P><\/p>\n
Farrington, who reportedly has three children of his own, disappeared from work last Thursday at noon.<\/P><\/p>\n
“His disposition was always happy, cheery and never miserable,” Lowe said. “There was absolutely nothing to indicate anything like this, which is probably the most scary part of this.”<\/P><\/p>\n
Police in the Bahamas were assisted by the FBI and British officers from Scotland Yard. A retired FBI profiler and a former Las Vegas homicide detective were also sent to help by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/P><\/p>\n
There were 52 murders last year in the former British colony of 300,000 people, up 17 percent from 2001, police said.<\/P><\/p>\n
Freeport is about 75 miles east of Palm Beach, Fla.<\/P><\/p>\n
By Dominic Duncombe, Associated Press<\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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