>>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF WTJX, ITS BOARD, STAFF, OR UNDERWRITERS.

>> I´M CELIA CARROLL AND THIS IS VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES.

FOR MANY OF US, EACH NEW YEAR BRINGS THE PROMISE OF NEW PURPOSE, NEW GOALS, AND NEW HOPE.

2023 IS NO EXCEPTION.

FAMILIES OF UNSOLVED MURDER VICTIMS ARE HOPING THAT THIS IS THE YEAR THAT CONCERNED CITIZENS WILL COME FORWARD WITH THE CRITICAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO BRING KILLERS TO JUSTICE.

VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES HIGHLIGHTS THE STORIES TO GET YOU INVOLVED.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE CASES ON THIS EPISODE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS USVI IT 1-800-2226.

OUR FIRST CASE INVOLVES A TALENTED STUDENT ATHLETE WHO WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE IT TIPPING POINT.

HERE IS THE STORY OF -- CHRISTIAN.

>> HE´S MY SON.

THIS IS MY WIFE.

THE NAME, PENTALI MEANING ANCIENT.

THE MIDDLE NAME MEANING MIRACLE.

ANCIENT MIRACLE OF -- >> HE WAS ALWAYS OUT THERE AND WILLING TO TRY THINGS.

WASN´T AFRAID OF NOTHING MUCH, LIKE THAT.

>> HE LEARNED HOW TO CLIMB OUT OF HIS CRIB.

HE WENT FROM CRAWLING TO RUNNING BEFORE HE LEARNED HOW HE WOULD RUN FROM COUCH TO COUCH.

>> HIGH ENERGY, DEFINITELY.

>> WE HAD HIM IN KARATE AND BASEBALL.

>> EVERYTHING HE WOULD DO, IS TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS.

>> WE HAVE LOTS OF MEMORIES.

ONE MEMORY THAT I HAVE SOMETIMES IS ONE TIME WE WERE IN THE CAR AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THE CAR.

IT HAD SOMETHING LIGHT UP.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET HOME?

HE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET.

HE SAID, HEY, MY MOTHER, SHE NEEDED A JUMP AND HE CAME UP AND THE GUY GAVE US A JUMP.

HE WAS LIKE, YOU´RE A NATURAL.

HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD.

>> CHARMING.

>> PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS SAY HOW RESPECTFUL HE IS.

HOW MUCH MANNERS HE HAD.

THAT WOULD TAKE ME FEEL GOOD WHEN I WOULD HEAR THAT OUT IN PUBLIC.

WHEN PARENTS ARE NOT AROUND, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT.

BUT TO HEAR THAT FROM THE PUBLIC WAS A GOOD THING.

MY PROUDEST MOMENT WAS WHEN HE WOULD HAVE A GOOD REPORT CARD.

GOING TO HIS LITTLE AWARD CEREMONY.

>> HE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT AWARDS FROM PLAYING SPORTS AND THOSE CEREMONIES, THEY REALLY MAKE US PROUD PARENTS.

PLAY PROFESSIONAL.

HE HAD THAT AIM TO REACH THE PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE TO PLAY.

>> I LEARNED FROM HIM.

HE SAID HE WANTED TO BE A TRAVELING NURSE.

THAT ONE CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.

I WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SURE?, YEAH, MOM.

IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO, YOU CAN DO IT.

>> HE USED TO WORK WITH ME.

THAT WOULD HAVE PUBLICLY BEEN SOMETHING TO MAKE MONEY AND HE ALSO HAD AN INTEREST IN DOING WELDING.

IN BETWEEN PLUMBING AND WELDING, HE STILL HAD SOMETHING IN THE SPORT CAREER OR THE NURSING CAREER DIDN´T WORK OUT.

>> THE FOLLOWING MONTH, SEPTEMBER.

HE ALREADY HAD HIS SNEAKERS AND HIS PLAN.

>> THAT WAS A TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC.

A LOT OF THE CHILDREN WERE OUT OF SCHOOL.

IDLE HANDS.

>> ON AUGUST 17th, HE ASKED TO GO OUT AGAIN.

I GUESS ON HIS WAY HOME, HE STOPPED AT HIS FRIENDS OUT AT THE MILL AND THAT IS WHEN THE WHOLE CHARADE STARTED.

HE WAS SHOT AND EVERYTHING.

>> SOMEBODY CAME TO THE HOUSE SAYING HE GOT SHOT.

HE´S SHOT IN HIS LEG AND HE IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

I KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, BUT NOT OKAY.

I GET LIKE AN INTUITION THING WHERE I SEE THAT HE´S NOT OKAY.

I CALLED MY MOTHER.

I WAS TRYING EVERYTHING AND THEN I CALLED MY FATHER.

>> I WAS THINKING I WILL COME AND SEE WHAT´S HAPPENING.

I SAW AN AMBULANCE LEFT THINKING, HOPEFULLY HE´S IN THE AMBULANCE.

BUT THEN, WHEN I REACHED IT, HE WAS ON THAT WHITE SHEET.

>> HE WAS WALKING WITH A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN.

WHEN A GROUP VEHICLE DROVE UP AND THE OCCUPANTS CAME OUT WEAPONS, OPENED FIRE, AND AS A RESULT, HE DROPPED.

HE DIED ON THE SCENE.

ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL GOT SHOT AS WELL AND HE WAS AIRLIFTED OUT OF THE TERRITORY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

THEY FIRED OVER 150 ROUNDS.

THEY CAME IN THERE WITH NO REGARD.

VEHICLES, HOUSES GOT SHOT UP AS WELL.

THE HARDEST THING WAS TO WATCH THIS LITTLE BOY ON THE GROUND AND NO YOU CAN´T DO ANYTHING FOR THEM.

YOU CAN´T DO IT ANYTHING.

I´M GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND ASKING, WHAT DID YOU SEE?

WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

200 SHOTS WAS FIRED.

BEFORE ALL OF THAT, WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

WE WALKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASKING PEOPLE.

THAT NIGHT, WE GOT A SENSE OF WHO WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR.

AREA.

THERE IS A HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO ESTATES.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY ARE FEUDING WITH EACH OTHER.

SO WE HAVE SION FARM RESIDENTS CAN´T GO NEAR CASTLE.

THEY ARE SEEING IT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.

AND EVEN IF YOU ARE JUST FOUND BY ASSOCIATION, YOU ARE INVOLVED.

THIS AT CASTLE COAKLEY HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

2019 IS WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY TELL.

A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF RABBI MARQUETTE --IT´S ALLEGED HE WAS KILLED BY A MEMBER OF THE SION FARM COMMUNITY.

AND EVER SINCE THEN, IT´S JUST BEEN NONSTOP.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT WE DIDN´T HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO GOT SHOT AND INJURED DIED.

BUT AUGUST 17th, THAT WHOLE DAY WAS CASTLE AND SION FARM ALL DAY, FOR TAT.

AFTER, WE HAD ONE SHOOTER IN THE CASTLE COAKLEY AREA.

IT APPEARS, FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, FROM THE ONE GUY WHO GOT SHOT THAT HE WAS WALKING TO THE BAKERY WHEN THESE GUYS OPENED FIRE ON HIM, SO HE TOOK OFF RUNNING.

HE GOT HIT AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO A PRIVATE CAR AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE GOT 7:00 -ISH.

A DRIVE-BY OCCURRED WHERE A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS SINCE BEEN KILLED --INDIVIDUALS WENT OVER WHERE HE LIVES AND FIRED SHOTS.

THEN, ABOUT 10:00 THAT NIGHT, THEY WENT FARTHER INTO THE SION FARM COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WHERE TINTAWEE LOST HIS LIFE.

>> SO, TINTAWEE CHRISTIAN WAS ON THAT STREET BY THE MILL.

AT THE WRONG TIME.

WHEN THE FEW THAT HAD BEEN BOILING OVER BETWEEN SION FARM AND CASTLE COAKLEY JUST EXPLODED AND HE GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN THAT EXPLOSION.

THIS CHILD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

HE WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER IN THIS WHOLE THING.

HE WAS A YOUNG BOY WALKING WITH OLDER BOYS FROM HIS COMMUNITY, GOING HOME.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT´S ALL HE WAS DOING.

WHEN THE SHOTS STARTED FIRING, EVERYBODY´S OBJECTIVE IS TO GET AWAY FROM THAT AREA AND GET OUT OF THE PATH OF A BULLET.

BUT, BEFORE, WHAT DID YOU SEE?

WHAT VEHICLE DID YOU SEE IN THE AREA?

>> THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE.

AT THIS POINT WE ARE DEAD IN THE WATER BECAUSE WE NEEDED MORE.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST.

BUT I NEED MORE TO MAKE HIM NOT A PERSON OF INTEREST, BUT IN FACT NAME HIM OR THE GROUP AS THE PROPER SHOOTER OF THIS INCIDENT.

WE HAVE AN IDEA.

WE JUST NEED VALIDATION.

THAT VALIDATION WOULD HELP US BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ONLY THING TINTAWEE´S MOTHER AND FATHER AND SIBLINGS WANT IS WHO CAN LIVE WITH THAT?

>> THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEVER SAW COMING.

THAT IS THE LAST THING WE EXPECTED TO WITNESS.

>> WE ARE REALLY HEARTBROKEN.

OUR LIFE HAS CHANGED FROM THAT DAY.

WE´VE NEVER BEEN THE SAME.

THERE IS A LOT OF PAIN THAT WE ENDURED.

OUR SON IS -- IT WASN´T SOMETHING NICE AT ALL.

>> I WANT HIM ALWAYS TO BE REMEMBERED.

I DON´T WANT NOBODY TO HAVE THIS KIND OF NEGATIVE THING.

THEY ARE ASSUMING THE NEGATIVE, BUT TINTAWEE WAS NOT THAT TYPE OF GUY.

>> KEEP THE MEMORY.

KEEPING HIM ALIVE AND IN OUR FOCUS.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE GOOD MEMORIES OF HIM AS HOW HE WAS AND NOT THE NEGATIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

>> THE FAMILY OF TINTAWEE CHRISTIAN.

>> HE WAS -- THAT SUMMER OF AUGUST 2020.

HE NEVER GOT TO START SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER.

THEY HONORED HIM AT GRADUATION TIME.

THESE THINGS ARE BASICALLY JUST MEMORIES, YOU KNOW?

>> IT REMAINS THE SAME.

HIS ROOM.

I HAVE REMOVED NONE OF HIS CLOTHES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW?

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A TINTAWEE TOURNAMENT FOR FOOTBALL.

THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR OF HIM, COMING UP IN FEBRUARY.

>> THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW HOW CLOSE HE AND HIS TEAMMATES WERE.

IT REALLY KEEPS HIS NAME ALIVE.

>> I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO SAW THE SITUATION.

ONCE YOU COME FORWARD YOU FEAR YOU WILL BE LABELED BUT MY ONE HOPE IS, FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ANYTHING, SAY SOMETHING.

WHETHER YOU CALL CRIME STOPPERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THAT IS MY ONE HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> TINTAWEE´S FAMILY IS CALLING FOR JUSTICE AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE CALL CRIME STOPPERS TODAY AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

THERE IS A REWARD OF UP TO $25,000 FOR INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO AN ARREST AND MURDER OF TINTAWEE CHRISTIAN.

OUR NEXT CASE HAPPENED IN 2009.

IT INVOLVES FOUR COUSINS KILLED BY GUNFIRE TWO DAYS BEFORE ONE OF THEM WAS SCHEDULED TO DEPLOY WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD.

HERE IS THE STORY OF LEWAYNE FRASER AND VICTOR SMITH.

>> I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON EVERYONE´S BEHALF BECAUSE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS STILL ARE DEALING WITH THE IMPACT OF THIS HEINOUS CRIME.

VICTOR SMITH IS MY COUSIN.

HE RESIDED IN TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.

EVERYBODY LOVED VICTOR.

HE WAS A JOKESTER.

HE WAS SO JOVIAL.

HE WAS ALWAYS MAKING SOMEBODY LAUGH.

ABE WRIGHT, SPIRITED YOUNG MAN.

WHEN VICTOR WOULD TRAVEL TO ST. THOMAS, AT TIMES HE WOULD -- >> LEWAYNE FRASER IS MY YOUNGEST BROTHER.

HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR CHILDREN.

I AM THE OLDEST OF THE FOUR.

GROWING UP, AS CHILDREN, HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO OUR FAMILY AS LIBERITO.

BEING THE YOUNGEST WITH THE AGE RANGE SO FAR APART.

HE WAS SO TINY AND CUTE.

HE WAS A WELCOME JOY TO THE FAMILY AND THAT NAME JUST STUCK WITH HIM.

HE WAS ALWAYS A LOVER OF MUSIC.

IT WAS ALWAYS NOISE IN THE HOUSE.

IT WAS LIKE BASE ONE WAY, AND WHEN HE BROUGHT IN THE DRUMS, EVERYONE JUST THREW UP THEIR HANDS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR IT NOW.

OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT WAS FISHING.

MY DAD AND HIM WOULD GO OUT AND HE WOULD SAIL.

HE LEARNED TO SAIL EARLY ON, BUT MUSIC WAS HIS PASSION.

HE WAS A PART OF A BAND.

HE WAS THE COLEADER OF THAT BAND AND THEY CALLED HIM -- BECAUSE HE WOULD NEVER SHARE HIS TUNE WITH THEM.

WAS LIKE Y´ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO GET YOUR OWN PLACE.

THEY CALLED HIM DADDY GREEDY FOR THAT REASON.

HE WENT TO UNIVERSITY TO BE A SOUND TECHNICIAN OR THAT TYPE OF THING.

AFTER HE WENT AND GOT THAT UNIVERSITY TRAINING, MY SISTER ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO THE MILITARY TRAINING AND THAT´S THE PATH HE TOOK.

AFTER YOU GRADUATED BASIC, HE WENT INTO THE RESERVES, WHEN HE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO ST. THOMAS.

OCTOBER 2009, HE WAS GETTING READY TO BE DEPLOYED TO CUBA AND HE WAS GETTING ACTIVATED FROM THE RESERVE.

I WAS GLAD HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

HE WAS EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS NEW PATHWAY.

VICTOR AND ANOTHER COUSIN -- THEY KNEW HE WAS BEING DEPLOYED AND IT WOULD BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY SAW HIM AGAIN.

THEY CAME TO ST. THOMAS.

PICK THEM UP FROM THE BOAT AND GAVE THEM A RIDE TO THE PLACE THEY WERE STAYING.

THE ARMY RESERVE HAD SOME TYPE ATTENDED IN THE EVENING.

BUT AFTER THE CALL FOR THE RESERVE, HE WAS BASICALLY IN FOR THE NIGHT.

A FRIEND CALLED AND THEY WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER FUNCTION AND THEY WANTED A RIDE.

AND LEWAYNE, IN HIS HEART, IT WAS LIKE HE JUST COULDN´T SAY NO AND THAT WAS WHEN HE LEFT AND PICKED UP THE INDIVIDUAL.

THEN, LEWAYNE ATTENDED A FUNCTION AT YOU VI.

HIS COUSIN VICTOR WAS THERE AND LEWAYNE IS WHO WAS GIVING HIM A RIDE HOME.

COMING UP ON THE WATERFRONT, WHEN THEY GOT TO USO, THAT IS WHEN SHOTS BEGAN TO RING OUT.

I THINK THEY WENT BACK STREETS TRYING TO AVOID GUNSHOT FIRE.

I GUESS THE SHOOTER SHOT INTO THE CAR.

>> ABOUT 3:33 IN THE MORNING, THE POLICE CALLED.

THEY ARRIVED AT THE BUILDING AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY FIND A CAR THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

I CAN SHOW YOU.

WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY FOUND THIS SCENE AND THEY FOUND TWO BLACK MALES.

THEY WERE BOTH DEAD IN THE CAR.

PEOPLE WERE THERE, IN THE AREA, BUT NONE OF THEM SAW WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY HEARD THE SHOTS.

THEY HEARD THE LOUD CRASH AND WHEN THEY CAME DOWN, THAT´S WHAT THEY FOUND.

THERE WERE TWO WITNESSES WHO WERE IN THE CAR.

ONE RAN OUT OF THE CAR AND ONE FROZEN THE CAR.

MR. LEWAYNE FRASER WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT.

WE HAVE THOSE TWO WITNESSES.

THEY WERE QUESTIONED BY THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATORS AND THEN THEY WERE QUESTIONED BY US.

THAT´S ALL WE HAVE.

WHAT WERE THESE TWO GUYS INVOLVED IN, IF ANYTHING AT ALL?

WAS IT A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?

OR WAS IT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CAR THAT THEY COULD´VE BEEN AFTER?

SOMEBODY HAD TO CAUSE THIS.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RANDOMLY PICK A CAR OUT DRIVING ON A BACKSTREET AND FIRE UPON IT.

THAT IS NOT THE MENTALITY THESE CRIMINALS HAVE.

WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING AFTER, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON WHY.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE BULLET HOLES ARE SITUATED ON THE CAR.

EVERYTHING IS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

>> THERE WAS A SHOT HERE IN THE GLASS AND I BELIEVE WHEN THE DRIVER GOT STRUCK, THAT´S WHEN HE LOST CONTROL, CAUSING THE ACCIDENT THAT YOU NOW SEE IN THIS PICTURE.

THERE IS THE BULLET HOLE AND BULLET HOLE.

IT´S ONLY WHEN THE CAR STOPPED THE CASINGS ON THE GROUND, THEY CAME AROUND THE CAR AND SHOT THE YOUNG MAN IN THE BACK SEAT.

HE WAS SHOT BY THE PERSON COMING AROUND THE CAR AND SHOOTING INTO THE CAR.

SO AGAIN, YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW, WHY.

SOMEBODY IN THAT CAR WAS POINTED OUT.

SOMEBODY IN THAT CAR WAS THE KEY TO THIS CASE.

LEWAYNE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

HE HAD NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

VICTOR SMITH WAS FROM TORTOLA.

NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THE OTHER GUY AND THE FEMALE, NO CRIMINAL.

I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE UNKNOWN MOTIVES PRESENTLY, AT THIS TIME.

I WOULD LIKE A WITNESS TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US WHAT THEY SAW.

I KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE ON BACK STREETS AND I KNOW SOMEONE SAW AND I KNOW SOMEONE HEARD.

THIS CASE HAS GOT A LOT OF YEARS ON IT, BUT PEOPLE DO TALK.

I KNOW SOMEONE HAS TO KNOW SOMETHING.

ALL I WANT THEM TO DO IS COME FORWARD AND GIVE THIS FAMILY CLOSURE.

BOTH FAMILIES CLOSURE.

>> MY MOM HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE.

SHE LOST HER YOUNGEST SON.

AND TO INCREASE THE HEARTFELT SORROW AND GRIEF OF A MOTHER, SHE HASN´T GOTTEN CLOSURE TO SEE.

>> VICTOR´S MOTHER AND MY MOTHER HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN AND GRIEF OF LOSING THEIR SON WAS VERY HEAVY.

WITH TWO LIVES LOST IN SUCH A TRAGIC MANNER, WE DEFINITELY ARE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU HAVE, PLEASE GIVE A CALL TO THE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE HELP IN SOLVING THIS CASE.

>> LEWAYNE FRASER WOULD HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH ON JANUARY 31st.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE MURDERS OF LEWAYNE FRASER AND VICTOR SMITH OR TINTAWEE CHRISTIAN ON ST. CROIX, PLEASE CALL CRIME STOPPERS RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR CASH REWARD.

THIS YEAR, LET US RESOLVE TO BREAK THE SILENCE AND WORK TOGETHER FOR A SAFER COMMUNITY.

I´M CELIA CARROLL.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF WTJX STAFF, BOARD, OR UNDERWRITERS.