Jamaican police are searching for the husband of a missing 64-year-old British woman after disturbing details emerged about his criminal history, including a previous murder arrest, authorities confirmed Monday.
Dawn Anderson, a London-based fashion retailer, was last seen leaving the four-star Hotel 39 in Montego Bay on November 24, shortly after arriving on a Virgin flight from the UK. Her husband, Andre Morrison, 37, initially reported her missing but has since disappeared himself, according to police.
“There are some inconsistencies in the husband’s account of how she has gone missing,” a Jamaica Police spokesman told reporters. Morrison claimed he took Anderson to Negril for business and reported her missing at the local police station, but “checks revealed that was not so.”
Authorities disclosed that Morrison had previously faced serious criminal charges. “He was arrested on reasonable suspicion of murder but there was no evidence to charge him,” the police spokesman said. In a separate case involving illegal firearms, Morrison avoided conviction when witnesses confused him with his identical twin brother.
Anderson, described as a devout Christian from Mitcham, South West London, met Morrison when he worked as a builder on her Jamaican home in Roaring Falls. Her three daughters – Krystal, Charmaine, and Fiona – reported being unaware of Morrison’s criminal history, which allegedly earned him the street name “Mantis” and a place on a police Most Wanted list.
“My mum is a good person who has helped many people and the whole family has not taken this very well,” daughter Fiona said in a recent interview on Jamaican media. “Andre wanted to meet my mum and he made the booking at the hotel, but now he has disappeared.”
Police said Morrison cannot yet be listed as a wanted person under Jamaican law but confirmed he is “being treated as a primary suspect” in Anderson’s disappearance. Multiple agencies are involved in the investigation.
