Orvis Pogson, the young man convicted for the March 2018 double murder of the finch sisters from the keys community has been slapped with life in prison sentence.
Killed were 19-year-old Naomi ‘Hope’ Finch and 20-year-old Jimmyliah ‘Sunshine’ Finch.
A source at the Police Public Relations Department on Wednesday 19th October 2022 revealed that “I have been informed that Orvis Pogson got a sentenced to whole life term.”
Pogson of Keys Village, who was 34-years-old at the time was charged for the murder of the sisters on Saturday 3rd March.
The autopsy results indicated that one sister was strangled while the other died from chop wounds with part of her head cut off.
According to police, the post-mortem examinations conducted by Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Valery Alexandrov on Monday 5th March determined that the death of 19-year-old Naomi Finch was due to “homicidal manual strangulation while her sister, 20-year-old Jimmyliah Finch died from multiple homicidal chop wounds with partial decapitation.”
As understood, Pogson was the boyfriend of the younger sister (Naomi)
Reportedly, on the day in question, police responded to a report of a stabbing.
Upon arrival, they found the motionless bodies of the two sisters lying close to the seashore with what appeared to be chop wounds.
The older sister who was member of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force had recently given birth to a baby who was a month old.
The District Medical Officer visited the scene and pronounced both dead.
The double killing sent shockwaves throughout the Federation while many expressed sadness and anger over the incident.