The grief stricken mother of Stephano Fowler, who was gunned down on Saturday night, said she believes her son was killed as a result of mistaken identity.  She made a public appeal yesterday for his killer to turn himself into police.
A similar plea was issued by the aunt of 17-year-old Courtney McKenzie, who was stabbed multiple times one day before Fowler.
Fowler's mother, Delanise Fowler along her other family members and co-workers at the Ministry of Education, gathered at the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday to officially identify his body.
Fowler, 27, of Hospital Lane was walking through a track road between West Street and Hospital Lane around 11:30 p.m. when he reportedly encountered another man who shot him during an altercation.
But Fowler said her son didn't deserve to die.
"The shooter took him for somebody else.  What anyone saying that is negative is not true.  I have a good son," she insisted.
As for the man who shot her son, Fowler said she has no malice in her heart towards him.
"For the young man who took my son's life, I forgive you.  I forgive you in spite of what you did to me.  You put a burden on me but I forgive you.  But please in the name of Jesus turn yourself in because you will be sorry.  So you better turn yourself in and ask God to forgive you for what you have done," she continued.
The victim's mother isn't the only one who believes her son was killed because of a case of mistaken identity, his father shares the same belief.
"I think the guy shot Stephano twice in the chest because he had already witnessed and knew who the person is," said Anthony Fowler.
Fowler said his entire family is in shock over the senseless murder.
"We have a lot of grief in our yard," he said.  Nobody can take it because they killed my boy.  He was a very nice person.  Tell the person who shot him to turn himself in because I want to see who took my son's life," he said.
Meantime, the family of McKenzie, who were also at the morgue yesterday morning, are grappling with her death.
"The family is in shock.  She is somebody who was in perfect health, who had goals and in a minute everything was just lost," said McKenzie's aunt Chantell Nesbitt.
"She was a very bubbly, energetic, life of the party type young lady.  She had a great personality, very striving.  She was about to attend COB in January so we are quite taken aback.  It's another young life that was lost.  The callousness... it's a real lost.  Something has to be done and needs to be done because it's totally unacceptable for senseless things that persons can't handle in their lives."
The teenage girl was at a home in Moss Town when she got into an argument with a man, who fatally stabbed her around 8:30 p.m. on August 12.
Detectives are in Exuma looking for the boyfriend of the 17-year-old murder victim.
McKenzie graduated last year and planned to study business.
The teenager was one of two females who were stabbed to death over the weekend.
Oneika Johnson, 27, was killed at the exclusive Club Med Resort in San Salvador, police said.  The female security guard was found dead around 9:40 a.m. on Sunday with multiple stab wounds.
According to well-placed sources, a man who reportedly told family members he was going to kill the woman has vanished, sources allege.
Officers from the Central Detective Unit are on the island assisting their colleagues with the investigation.
Anyone with information should contact the police at 911, 919, San Salvador Police at 225-3270 or Crime Stoppers at 1-300-8476.
The murders brought the country's count to 90.  Last year, the country  had a record of 94 murders.  The 90th murder of 2010 took place on December 6.

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