Two cases involving stabbing deaths the media initially reported were murders, are being transferred to the Coroner's Court for further investigations, officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Paul Rolle revealed yesterday.

Rolle said police are preparing files for transfer. The cases, which have been classified as "death investigations", include the investigations into the deaths of Elkin Moss, 36, of Jackfish Drive, and Denero Rolle, 30, of St. Vincent Road.

Police said Moss was stabbed multiple times after he got into an argument with another man at his residence on July 21.

Police revealed initially that a 52-year-old man was arrested in connection with that incident.

The suspect, who also had injuries, was involved in a traffic accident on Carmichael Road a short time after the incident, police said. He was later released by police.

Rolle died during a confrontation with another man on July 28, police said.

"Just because someone got shot and killed doesn't mean that that's murder," Rolle said. "Homicide is the killing of a human being by another human being.

When you get into murder that's when you're bringing in intent, preparation... premeditation."

Asked what details prompted police to turn the cases over to the Coroner's Court, Rolle said he can not reveal that information.

"The investigations are not complete," he said.

"The coroner will make that determination. So because it's going to the coroner, I can't comment on it. The coroner is going to continue with that. It is no longer the police's case."

Rolle said once the cases begin in the Coroner's Court, the public will begin to understand when they were forwarded for further determination.

The murder count now stands at 69.

The latest murder case came after a bus driver was shot and killed, reportedly by a passenger on his bus on Monday.

The victim, identified by relatives as Gregory Adderley Jr., was also robbed.

He died at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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