Loading the player…
Crime
Cold Cases Files – Courtney Spence
About one month after celebrating his 32nd birthday, Courtney Delroy Spence’s life came to an untimely and violent end when the Jamaican national was gunned down in January 2010.
Cayman Compass Cold Case series, in partnership with the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, we take a closer look at the events leading up to Spence’s murder and the investigation that now spans more than a decade.
| 00:08:05
Related
Cayman Compass
Compass Cold Case: Who killed Courtney Spence?
Murder investigation continues 11 years on.
The Spence family declined to be interviewed for this article. However, his widow, who requested her name not be used, issued a short statement to the Compass, saying, “I just hope they catch whoever has done this.”
Detective Constable Alan Sherwin, of the RCIPS Serious Crime Review Team, is heading up the investigation into the murder of Spence – codenamed Operation Convoy – who was originally from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.
He offered some insight into the life of the father of two, who he said came to Grand Cayman in 2005 after being sponsored by his cousin, who was a serving police officer at the time. He started to build his new life in Cayman, initially picking up work as a gardener. Over 2006 and 2007, Spence worked for local security companies before getting hired by Progressive Distributors.
