At five years old, Navardo could be looking towards a large sum of money when he reaches maturity. After all, his father was financially well off, with more than enough to establish individual funds for his children.

However, it is the children, or rather the number of them, that is the problem at the moment. And the fact that he was not married to Navardo's mother has not helped.

"Well, a will never even come into my mind or his," said Marie, Keith's live-in lover of three years before he died. "He was healthy and business was going well and then one accident and everything change, just like that."

She had known about his two children from previous relationships and took care of them 'like my own' when they came to visit. However, after the motor vehicle accident the attitude of the mothers changed.

"Is pure bad vibes, who want house, who want car, who want to know what is in bank account," Marie said. "I want to tell you, if I never stand up strong then even some of him family would want to push me out of the house," she said.

As it is, the Administrator-General will have to decide what goes to whom, a process that looks to be achingly slow. And, in the meantime, the money that could have been invested and earning excellent returns is not available to anyone.

"It hurt my head when I think about how much money Navardo could have by he is 21. Not for him to grow up rich, but for him to have something to put him ahead.

It is hard to go out and start from nothing," Marie said.

"If we had put a will in place, then we would be all right, but I can't even concentrate on if and could. But those out there can learn from me and other people, because it happen all the while. Look at big, big Bob Marley."