See Why 3 Weeks After Brutal Murder Of Desiree Gibbons in Jamaica WI Her Mom Claims Her Case Is Being Mishandled

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After 3 Weeks There Are No Arrests For
The Murder Of  Desiree Gibbon

By Kamau Austin

After nearly 3 weeks there have been no arrests in the chilling case of Desiree Gibbons, The Hollis, Queens, resident who was brutally murdered on the Island of Jamaica, West Indies.  And her mother is losing confidence in the ability of the authorities in Jamaica to bring her killers to justice. Some accounts state Gibbons was staying in Jamaica, developing some media projects she was working on and reportedly looking to go to film school in Europe.  Other sources say she was just vacationing.

The Daily News, reported her grandparents owned an hotel on the island called "Gibb's Chateau."  Desiree was 26, and her mother Andrea Cali-Gibbon, felt that she knew her killers.  She suggested Desiree was not the type to go out with people she didn't know.

According to Pix 11 News "Somebody summoned her out of that hotel," Cali-Gibbon said. "She knew them, and she knew them well. She had not been around them once or twice; she had been around these people multiple times. Probably in the three-plus weeks she was there."

Picture of the late Desiree Gibbon and her mother Andrea Cali-Gibbon Courtesy The Daily News

Aspiring Southeast Queens Model and Filmmaker Mysteriously Murdered On The Island Of Jamaica

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Hollis Queens, Resident Desiree Gibbon Dies Brutally and Mysteriously On the Island Of Jamaica

By Kamau Austin

A 26-Year old Hollis, Queens, resident Desiree Gibbon, an aspiring model and filmmaker, who wanted to make cultural documentaries was found slain in a rural part of the island of Jamaica. Her throat was slashed according to news accounts and there were bruises on her body. Authorities at this point don't know if she was also sexually assaulted. Her cell phone was also missing.  And there have been suspicious attempts to buy things from her credit card linked to her phone.

She was staying at a family owned resort, according to the major media, to earn money to take a filmmaking course in Europe. According to CBS News, "Desiree Gibbon, 26, left her home in Hollis, Queens in October, and was staying at the family's resort in Montego Bay with the hopes of making a documentary. Her body was found Sunday four miles away, on the side of a road, with her throat slashed."