The investigation into the murder of Vincentian-American businessman
Frankie Mitchell-Gooding is alive and well.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Trevor Bailey during his recent
appearance of WE FM’s Issue At Hand program, gave this assurance. He
noted that the investigation has the attention of the United States’
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the family of the deceased has
been kept up to date on the progress made.
“In reference to the case in Bequia, I am very much familiar with what is
happening in that matter, and all I am prepared to say is that
investigation is very much alive, that investigation has the attention of
the FBI lab, we have had preliminary reports and there is some more to
come, but that investigation is very much alive, it is very much alive and
well, and the family of the deceased, they are aware of what is
happening,” he said.
Sarah Gooding, the wife of deceased businessman Frankie Mitchell-
Gooding of Bequia, is offering a US$10,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest of her husband’s killers.
A police release said that investigations showed that Mitchell-Gooding
and a friend were getting into a car on January 21, 2023, at around 7:30
p.m. in Bequia, when an attacker approached and shot him.