Two women shot and killed in three days in separate incidents, another missing for over three weeks

Niesha Frederick, an Ottley Hall woman, was shot and killed around 11.25 Monday night.  Frederick a popular face attached to the Sanitation Department was killed as she made her way home.

She is the mother of five children.

This is the 38th homicide to be recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Frederick’s violent death follows on the heels of the shooting death of another woman,

Mitah Patterson

On Friday, November 28th, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m. in Texier Road, Patterson, a 34-year-old farmer of Texier Road was shot multiple times.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by the District Medical Officer and a post mortem examination is expected to be carried out.

Lydia “Sherika” Adams (Missing)

Also, police are also looking into the disappearance of Barrouallie resident Lydia “Sherika” Adams. Adams, 36 has been missing for over three weeks.

Her mom Viola Adams told SEARCHLIGHT that her daughter left home on November 7th, 2025, saying she was going to Bequia to meet her boyfriend and she has not been seen since.