Amid Growing Insecurity
Photo credit: Daily Observer newspaper (L-R) Justice Scott and her slain daughter
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
It has been confirmed in Monrovia that the daughter of Liberia’s former Chief Justice, Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott has been killed by robbers who stabbed the young woman in a night-time raid at their home in the Brewerville area west of the Liberian capital.
The former Chief Justice narrowly escaped the attack alive in the night-time Wednesday.
Liberia National Police (LNP) in a press release on Thursday, February 23, 2023 says it has begun investigation into the incident on Wednesday night, leading to the death of one of her children.
Police say Justice Scott who “is now under appropriate police protection, reported some days ago in a radio interview that her family had experienced several attempts from suspected burglars to enter her home at night. This report led to an increase in police patrol in the area.”
According to the LNP, preliminary findings from Wednesday night incident which occurred about 9:30pm, as narrated by Madam Scott, revealed that a man who was part of a crew she hired to carry out some construction work at her residence remained hidden inside at the end of the workday, while his colleagues had retired for the day.”
The name of the man has not been given. And the motive of the attack is not yet known.
Police reported that the former Chief Justice Scott said she had observed during the day that the man, who was looking somewhat “strange”, attacked her family at night and killed one of her daughters when he was tackled.
The Preliminary investigation shows no evidence of a break-in, the LNP press release said.
Former Chief Justice Scott previously headed Liberia’s Elections Commission and served as Senator of Maryland County.