Noel Thompson, Freelance Writer

Police last night called off a massive operation in densely thick woodlands in Greenwood, Trelawny, to recover the remains of two men from a well. The operation got under way from as early as 6 a.m. yesterday.

The operation was called off due to poor visibility, leaving relatives and friends very disappointed and angry.

The men's bodies were positively identified by their neighbour, Garfield Marsh, 38, labourer of Copse in Hanover, who volunteered to go down into the well, measuring about 150 feet deep.

The deceased men are Tafari McIntosh, 24, mechanic, and Rohan Kelly, 37, chauffeur, both from Copse.

McIntosh and Kelly's relatives told investigators that they left home at about 5 p.m. Saturday in McIntosh's Nissan Bluebird, heading to Montego Bay. When they did not return home Sunday, relatives and friends became suspicious and alerted the police.

Relatives bemoaned, however, that the police delayed in effecting a search for the men. They said they were advised that the men might have been dumped in the well and they acted upon the advice. They were shocked when faced with the reality that their loved ones had in fact been chopped up and dumped in the well.

McIntosh's babymother, Reneika Hayes, cried uncontrollably at the scene, while a relative held her two-month-old baby.