A transplanted OECS national was charged, Saturday, for the homicide of American tourist Nina Elizabeth Nilssen.
Charges against the man, who resides in Swetes, will be formalized Sunday, reports indicate.
The police, meantime, have scheduled a press conference for Sunday, to discuss this and other crimes they have solved.
Nilssen’s body was discovered on a nature trail at Pigeon Point beach on January 19 with a stab wound to the neck.
The musician and composer from the San Francisco Bay area was with her family on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate her sister’s marriage.
The Star Clippers made its customary fortnightly port call in Antigua on the fateful Tuesday.
It set sail without the family, who remained on island to assist with the investigation and to eventually claim the body.
Meanwhile, the expected fallout has materialized, with an announcement on Friday that the vessel will drop Antigua from its itinerary.
Antigua’s loss is Nevis’ gain.
Every killing happens on the island, the first things they say is tht they aint coming back to the island, if one was to happen in nevis they wud stop nevis and goes on and on and on, crimes back where they are from people get murder every minute and once n a blue mood things like these happen here in antigua! god be with star clipper where every you go ( hope you find a crime free country)
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If they have indeed captured the culprit, congratulations A&B police force.
JW, a “Blue Moon” happens about once every two to three tears so by definition, four tourist murders in two years is four to six times more frequent than “once in a blue moon”.
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Blame the Government for taking bread out of the peoples’ mouth, by doing very little or nothing, to solve crime.
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There you go, right away we see that although it is easy to toss blame, departments must be more vigilant. Where are the departmental heads when we need them?
Say what you want about politicians… and frankli i agree with alot of what’s being said. But we cannot continue to blame politicians for the failure to act on the part of senior public servants. I advocate a stronger immigration policy.
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I like the word solved in this article. I like it a lot. The article infered that this crime is solved when place ahead in the statement that the police will be talking about this and other crimes they solved. I am hoping that it is indeed solved and that we get the assurance that other will be solved whether or not they have the person in custody. Solved in police rhetoric/parlance means they have all the ducks lined up and they know for a fact that the person identified, captured or not, is the culprit. And seeing that it is solved, there is no way that someone else might have committed the crime so the court case is just due process. My hope is that due process doesn’t say that the case is not solved.
I anxiously await the agreement of the two. Nothwithstanding, kudos to the Police Force and the assistance from the public in finding a suspect and we hope the case is solved.
On another note, we need to understand that from the onset the makers of these mega-ships and those who work in the cruise industry were not concerned about the destinations they land. They are not keen on what we offer to the tourist. Their intention is to get as much of the money that their customers have before they land here. We should not pretend as if we are not aware that some of the senior officials on these vessels encourage their affluent customers not to take more than X amount of money, inter alia, when going on land.
All we need to do is to straighten the rough spots and market our country better. an interesting bit of commentary to support our development is the recent discussion lead by Governor of the ECCB. ABS should show the discourse on a regular basis so that the whole State can catch the vision.
Until later Walk good
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I guess my earlier comment was lost in cyberspace
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Observer, I now know why. Thank you. Paragraphs one and two could be printed so how about showing that bit?
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What is a “transplanted oecs national” ?
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“John hughes” how can we not blame the government. Just last year we had consultations on immigration reform. We were told that the latest by the end of the year (By Winston Henry), the new policy would be put in place. It is now the end of january and the only word heard comes from one of the members who has criticized the government for not implementing said recommendations. Speaking to some of these senior public servants they report that the government has no idea what it is doing. They state the government creates laws that are unenforceable most times because the resources to police these laws are never made available. A good example of this is ABST, changing property tax to market value (something that happily is yet to be done since construction value is still being used) and the integrity commission.
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juggernaut i also wonder the same thing “What is a transplanted oecs national ?” Since Antigua is a member of the OECS
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LOL…duhhhh! Obviously its not an Antiguan. Stop pretending like y’all dont know that is what they meant…LMAO….
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Thanks for the clarification “born Antiguan”
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Soon from now we are gonna need another main industry…because these criminals are affecting our bottomline.
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I know generally Antiguan is not like that, and all of a sudden all these crime in Antigua, we have to get those criminal out of Antigua.
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Why call it transplanted OECS national.Just say simply a Dominican young man.After all when a crime is committed by a Jamaican or a Guyanese we are quick to name.Antigua they are bringing you down,but we will reign again!
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that only goes to show that the emigration department needs to ensure that they continue to follow up on indiveduals who enter antigua. every person who is caught residing in the country illegally must be imprisoned for a very long time and subsequently deported. furthermore, the emigration department must conduct several raids on known hang-out locations where these non-nationals cogregate. make a sweep and start cleaning up the island of these foreignors. antigua was never like this before these locuses came to our shores. i can gamble on my last dollar that when the government clean up the country of these scums antigua will redeem itself. Mr. prime minister, do the right thing!
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Crime is committed in every country but the key difference is at what rate. I am very surprised that the Star Clippers have dropped Antigua. I however think, its more than this, perhaps the demand for the destination has been falling every since. We need to examine this immediately and the relevant authority needs to take action. The million dollar question is: Do we have enough attraction to maintain this destination? If the answer is: No, we will continue to be dropped.
I think of Jamaica, the crime rate there is second to none, but tourist arrivals is larger than the combined total of the rest of the Caribbean islands. This is the FACT – how amazing? Is it they have other things to offer?
I am based in North America and often have friends doing vacations and generally, when they are heading to the Caribbean, its Jamaica. I WONDER WHY?
I am from Antigua.
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We should all be glad that he has been caught. My regard for the Antiguan police just went up a notch or two.
Is it really necessary to post all these belligerent, political and spiteful comments. Is it how you wish the whole world to view Antiguans?
Lets all hope that he is brought to trial and justice as soon as possible.
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There’s no need to wonder why Chris, it’s rather simple. You can eliminate the entire local populace and a drum will never be heard but kill a tourist and you live in the worst country ever! I just wish we could see this very same level of commitment when it comes to locals being murdered as well as other crimes.
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“Have mercy”, I share you sentiments. I long for the day that our people which to me includes CARICOM nationals, are seen as valuable. Saw a post on another site where someone stated that 4 tourist killed in 2 years is just too much and I am thinking what about the other murders? I guess for most people their lives are not important.
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Look at how our country is making headlines
Antiguan police make arrest in US woman’s slaying
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A 24-year-old man from Dominica has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of a San Francisco woman during a cruise stopover to celebrate her sister’s wedding, police said Sunday.
Suspect Tishara Daniel confessed to the Jan. 19 fatal stabbing of Nina Nilssen, police Superintendent Nuffield Burnette alleged.
Daniel allegedly was carrying Nilssen’s camera when he was arrested Friday near the crime scene in the affluent English Harbor boating community, which has become a target of the Caribbean island’s crime wave. Daniel frequently fished in the area, Burnette said.
Assistant Police Commissioner Jacques Ouellette said detectives also have “what is believed to be the weapon” that killed the 29-year-old woman. He did not elaborate.
Daniel is scheduled for a court hearing Monday. It was not known if he had a lawyer. An unemployed man with no prior police record, Daniel is from Dominica but moved to Antigua when he was a teenager, police said.
Nilssen was attacked after apparently wandering off alone following a beach barbecue with friends and relatives. An autopsy found the San Francisco State University graduate student died from a single stab wound to the neck, Antigua’s coroner said.
The victim’s body was found less than a mile (kilometer) from where an Australian yacht captain was slain nearly a year ago. He and his girlfriend were accosted in a dockyard area near English Harbor.
The twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has been struggling with crime in recent years, including the July 2008 shooting of British honeymooners Catherine and Benjamin Mullany in their cottage at a beachside resort.
Violent crime rarely affects foreigners in the Caribbean, where an estimated 6 million Americans visit annually. But it does happen: Pregnant American tourist Sara Kuszak was raped and killed while jogging in Puerto Rico last February.
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I have been vactioning in Antiqua for 20 years and I love the people and the country. I am saddened to learn of the increased crime rate.
Jamaican tourism “locks” people into fenced in resorts. I have never been and have NO desire to vacation under those cercumstances.
I hope that Antigua can address this problem by increasing the economic prosperity of its people and increasing security.
All countries find themselves in the position of having their cultures changed due to the influx of immigrants. We should all learn to hold onto the positive values of our cultures while celebrating the positives that immigrants can bring.
In the meantime, I am sorry that I will not feel as safe as I did 20 years ago wandering around Antigua the next time I visit.
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