Navy petty officer indicted in alleged murder-for-hire plot that killed woman and baby [View all]

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Navy petty officer indicted in alleged murder-for-hire plot that killed woman and baby

Prosecutors say Leoda Bradshaw orchestrated the plot to kill Toshyna Patterson, 27, and her 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell, last month. The victims were connected to a member of the Jamaican parliament.

Oct. 17, 2023, 4:09 PM EDT / Source: NBC News
By Marlene Lenthang

A U.S. Navy petty officer has been arrested on accusations of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill a woman and her baby in Jamaica connected to a member of parliament whom she had a relationship with.

Leoda Vanessa Bradshaw, 34, was indicted last week in connection with the kidnapping and murders of Toshyna Patterson, 27, and her 10-month-old daughter, Sarayah Paulwell.

Bradshaw had a relationship and a child with Phillip Paulwell, a member of Parliament from Kingston East and Port Royal, and she considered him to be her spouse, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Kingston said in a news release.

Prosecutors said that Sarayah Paulwell was also Phillip Paulwell's daughter.

Bradshaw visited Jamaica on Sept. 6, prosecutors said, and in an apparent act of vengeance hatched a plan with three men to kidnap and kill Patterson and her child.

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