Kingston, Jamaica – Travis Ellis, the person accused of murdering journalist Barbara Gayle, has been ordered to endure a psychiatric analysis.
Justice Lorna Shelly Williams made the order throughout Ellis’ courtroom look within the Dwelling Circuit Court docket this morning. The case, which was transferred from the St. Catherine Parish Court docket through a voluntary invoice of indictment, was adjourned till Could 26.
Ellis, represented by King’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson and Donahue Martin, faces fees of homicide and theft with aggravation. Gayle was discovered lifeless at her Caymanas Property residence on December 17, 2024, with a number of stab wounds and blunt power trauma to her head.
Timeline of Occasions:
- December 16: Ellis is believed to have damaged into a close-by home. To evade seize, he allegedly fled to Gayle’s residence.
- December 16: Ellis allegedly engaged Gayle in dialog earlier than attacking her inside her residence.
- December 17: Gayle is discovered deceased at her residence.
- December 18: Gayle’s Mercedes Benz is found alongside the Dyke Highway in Portmore, St. Catherine.
Ellis was final seen with Gayle on December sixteenth.
The courtroom has been knowledgeable that the case file is incomplete, with a number of essential supplies nonetheless excellent.
