The prosecution in the ‘Baby Paulwell’ murder case is reportedly nowhere near ready to proceed against the two accused persons who are charged with capital murder, prompting the judge to order the evidence in the matter to be delivered to the defense by end of February 2024.

The burnt bodies of 27-year-old Toshyna Patterson and her 10-month-old daughter Sarayah Paulwell, who is also the daughter of MP and former ,inister Phillip Paulwell, were found in East Kingston.

They were kidnapped from their home in Gilmour Drive then taken to Stony Hills both in St. Andrew before taken to East Kingston, which is Paulwell’s constituency, and killed.

Facing the court on capital murder are 34-year-old Leoda Bradshaw a petty officer in the US Navy and her cousin, a graphic designer, 30-year-old Roland Balfour. Bradshaw’s daughter is sister to the slain infant, both being fathered by Paulwell.

The police theorised that the accused persons carried out a murder-for-hire scheme.

They appeared before Judge Vinnette Graham Allen in Plea and Case Management Court in downtown Kingston on Friday (December 1), who set some deadlines as to when the prosecution should disclose its evidence to the defense.

Judge Graham Allen ordered that the statements from investigators must be submitted to the defense administratively on or before January 31, 2024. She also ordered that forensic material and certification must be submitted by to the defense administratively by February 29, 2024. The matter is to go back before her on March 6.

The order came after defense attorney Deborah Martin informed the court yesterday morning that she got no statements from investigators as to their rolls in the investigation. She said she needs forensic material and forensic certificate to plan her defense.

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The prosecution agreed that it does not have the evidence to disclose to the court and the defense but is working with the investigators and the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine to get the required information.