By Kimone Witter
Former prime minister PJ Patterson says the brutal murder of veteran journalist Barbara Gayle is a wake-up call for the country, and it underscores the urgent need for the nation to re-examine its values and prioritise those that are life-sustaining.
In a statement, the elder statesman remembered Ms. Gayle as gentle, modest and conscientious.
He noted that as a legal scribe, she understood the essence of the evidence and complex points of law that eventually made her a reporter of the highest order.
Mr. Patterson has called for a decisive change in the Jamaican culture, arguing that anything less will be like recurring decimals which perpetuate our own individual vulnerability to criminal extinction.
The former Prime Minister said the solution to the crime dilemma has to begin with acknowledging the sacredness of life.
He suggested that overemphasis on materialism is leading Jamaicans to a neglect of their social and moral fabric.
Ms. Gayle's body was found at her Caymanas Country Club Estate home in St. Catherine last Tuesday. She was stabbed multiple times.
A man who is the main suspect in the killing remains in custody.
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