After a thorough investigation by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force, the charge of Murder has been laid against 30-year-old Ramono Giovanni Howell of Kew Town, Providenciales.The charge is relating to the disappearance and murder of 30 year old Damaris Gomez Martinez. Martinez was reported missing on June 11th, 2013 and her body was later found along Millennium Highway in a nearby bush area a few yards from the roadside along Crystal Bay Road, on Sunday June 16, 2013.

Ramono Howell was taken before the Chief Magistrate in the Magistrate’s Court earlier today (Monday June 24, 2013) on the charge of Murder. Howell is expected to appear in court again on the day of his Sufficiency Hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday August 02nd, 2013.