Cops in Nain, St Elizabeth, are looking at the possibility that a woman who is charged with the murder of a 12-year-old boy, may have done so in order to return to prison to reunite with her alleged lesbian lover.

The cops believe that Rayon Arnold, a student of Ginger Hill All Age School, St. Elizabeth, was murdered. They have charged Angella Reid, 37, from Clearmont district, also in the parish, for the crime. The accused appeared in the Black River Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday where a psychiatric evaluation was ordered. She was remanded in custody and should return to court on April 4.

Allegations are that on December 23 last year, at about 4 p.m., the child was sent on an errand by his mother. At about 5 p.m., the accused called the Nain Police Station, about 38 miles away, instead of the New Market Police, which is about 12 miles from Clearmont district, to confess to the crime.

Reports are that a piece of rope was used to tie up the child who was then dragged about one and a half miles to bushes where a piece of stick was used to beat him to death.

Before Arnold's murder, Reid had been locked up at the Nain Police Station for three weeks on a charge of malicious destruction of property, a charge for which she got bail. However, a police officer who wished to remain anonymous told THE STAR that after her release, on more than one occasion, Reid called the Nain Police Station, telling them that she is going to do something crazy in order return to jail where she had met her alleged lover, another woman, who is also on a murder charge.

Another police officer said that when they were investigating Reid's so-called lover for her murder charge, they had found letters from other women at her home that pointed to a lesbian affaire.