Crack down on Richland Park dope dealers –Davis

A community leader is calling for a crack down on the crack dealers in Richland Park, claiming that the booming drug trade is the root cause of the death of school teacher Ava Grant Mornix.{{more}}

Mornix is believed to have been attacked a short distance away from her house last Monday, October 8, hit in her head and stabbed to death by a man who was her relative.

“A teacher has fallen, one who set standards and trends – dead at the hands of a crack (cocaine) head,” said shop owner and community activist Winston Davis.



He told SEARCHLIGHT that he is concerned about how prevalent drugs has become in his community, where he has lived for over 55 years.

He reflected on the outstanding community spirit that Mornix had.

“She was involved in everything. You had a wedding she was there. Nine mornings she was there. Breadfruit festival, you name it, she was there,” Davis said.

Davis said that he expected more nonsense to take place in the area, if the back isn’t broken in the thriving drug trade.

Meanwhile both the Teachers’ Union President and the Minister of Education and Area representative have expressed sadness at Mornix’s passing.

“She was both a past student and later a colleague at the Richland Park School,” said Minister Girlyn Miguel, a former Headteacher.

She described Mornix as a lovely person, one who loved children.

Minister Miguel, who visited the Marriaqua Government School, where Mornix had been teaching for the last three years, last Tuesday morning, spoke to students about the importance of kindness.

As for Teachers’ Union President Joy Matthews, she said that that she was both saddened and shocked by the news of Mornix’s death.

“I am concerned about where we are heading as a society,” Matthews said.

She also made a call for resident counselors in schools to help identify troubled children early, so that deadly patterns could be identified and stamped out, saving their lives and society.



Headteacher of the Marriaqua Government School Erene Richardson told SEARCHLIGHT that the teachers are having a very difficult time dealing with what has happened.

She described Mornix as an outstanding teacher, one who did more than look after the educational needs of her students.

“I remember times when she would use her money to help students in need, and once she even took a child to the doctor and purchased the medication that the child needed,” Richardson recalled, stressing the overwhelming sentiment that Mornix’s death leaves a huge void.