Police confirm Bob Hodge as the victim of Tuesday night’s killing
Police have confirmed Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge as the victim of last night’s shooting incident in Hannah’s Estate.
The incident happened around 8 pm and no one else was injured, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said.
Police are treating Hodge’s death as a homicide.
“Police are asking persons who have information that can assist homicide detectives in their investigation to contact at RVIPF Intelligence Unit at 368-9339,” the RVIPF said in a press statement Wednesday morning.
Hodge, in the meantime, has been a person of interest for the United States Justice Department who accused him of participating in a regional drug trafficking organisation.
The US has made at least three unsuccessful attempts to have Hodge extradited for his alleged crimes.
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Some island person was paid to do this
Not sure why it has to be an island person – we are all island persons. It could have been somebody who came in from south america!
What about the man who was refused entry and escaped. Sounds like a good candidate unless he likes to surface and deny it was him.
You said the magic words. SOUTH AMERICA. ALL OF A SUDDEN, SOUTH AMERICANS TURNING UP IN THE BVI? THEY WERE TURNING UP TO WATCH THEIR INVESTMENT AND REPORT BACK TO THE TOP MAN IN SOUTH AMERICA.
One other possible explanation.
Some one didn’t want him talking to the Commission of Enquiry
So sad that the third pillar of the economy is taking lives. A pound of flesh and blood for gold. This will only get worse with our borders closed
That 3rd pillar doesn’t come for free. you have to pay for it one way or another. Either jail time or your life.
Which Island? Tortola?
Your mother made you with a special idiot sense
Is ayo own ppl kill him
You quick to blame island ppl
I wonder where your island is located, because for my knowledge the bvi is a island too
So any of you hear what your saying? He has a family. He was murdered there are very few people in this neck of the woods that don’t have somebody in the family involved with or are directly involved with drugs or illegal activity so stop acting like all you are saint around here cuz he has an 88 your old sister and 10 others a wife and family of his own it just suffered a loss where the f*** do you people come from what planet this is why people are dead in this part of the world all the time at least once a week all you have no value for human life you’re disgusting and shameful shameful
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Cheaper for the US now. Don’t have to spend money to extradite and keep him in prison? The drug and crime invested BVI is surfacing. In the past things were kept quiet but hard times brings the filth to the surface…and another problem removed.
You got some people commenting on Facebook saying it’s “sickening” referring to the murder but conveniently not mentioning why it happen
All ayou mothers***t need to shut up
Is it all about that container full of powder?
BWeeI too hot. The big bosses closing the loops
Paid by you fool.
As predicted when the tons of coke were found. Any South Americans around?
All who have coco outside look for rain!
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unmmmm….. who will b next ? some people lucky in movies they kill all family and relatives . rest in piece my condolences to the family and wife
Wonder if the papa them deh bout
Life is ruff in this place,, people are suffering.. We have a government that doesnt know how to balance the economy with safety, Every time they keep pushing back the opening of the Sea Port, Having St Thomas and St Johns bragging that this is their best year ever and they are more impacted by covid than we are…Our incompetent government is a blame covid government..Honestly I wont be surprise if a few brave sufferring set went to Rob the well and death became the end results..
What in the world are you talking about? I am in St. thomas, and the economic oppression is almost too much to bear. Stop repeating the unfounded boasts of lunatics. If USVI doing so well then why are more than half their businesses closed? Kmart has nothing on the shelves. Take a trip over and see for yourself what is really happening over here from spreading nonsense.
That person you quoted is just another NDP blogging idiot.
Stop your nonsense
You from st thomas but I sure you live in the bvi so hush your noise
The entire world had learn to live with the virus except the bvi
The get a waste government that don’t know what he is doing
Sea port will open March 1 but we are not hearing the protocol Eve though it won’t make sense
be glad it is closed every where else people dropping like flies 6000 a day where I am at wish I was home safe
Everybody want the port to open, but when a piece of corona slip in and infest the entire country because of lack of social distancing , we going got to close right back. No money being made , setts COVID cases, and third pillar crumbling.
I am currently domiciled in St. thomas and the economy is dead and they have learned to live with the virus. So please stop is absolutely correct in their statement.
Every day the Governor implements a new strategy that the BVI have been using successfully from the beginning. Maybe you should open. The community spread would most likely affect the least compliant persons in the community and that could be a good thing.
Open to let all the elderly and children get infected when their rampant family members come home from the club? USVI just want the waters open to sail over here on day trips. You stop it.
Intelligence was not in the loop with your creation. They had their best year yes, with Covid gone crazy.
No surprises. You lose the powder you pay. Who next. Maybe current customs man …
@SERIOUSLY, TORTOLA IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW. IN MY OPINION, S**T STARTED TO BACK FIRE WHEN THAT BIG SHIPMENT WAS INTERCEPTED. HOPE HE ASK THE UNIVERSE TO HAVE MERCY ON HIM WHEN THE GRIM REAPER CAME FACE TO FACE WITH HIM. THIS WAS NOT A LOCAL HIT, THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL HIT. YOU ALL BETTER CALL IN THE BRITISH MILITARY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OVER WITH. THERE IS OTHERS THAT THE HIT SQUAD IS AFTER.
for god sake. Stay where you are.
El Jefe got taken out wow
This was a professional hit. They send in a PROFESSIONAL HIT SQUAD TO TAKE HIM OUT.
O god this dont looks good for a nature little tola o god people people pray to god
in the 1980s our Tourism Slogan was: “Yes we are Different”; and we were. Then:
Our government began to spending millions upon millions yearly promoting BVI Tourism and the idea that the tallest things things in the islands were Palm Trees; then Marias By The Sea went up a few floors and erased the record; then the Cutlass went up a bit higher. Next the buildings in the hills began to go taller and more spread out. What’s next? Will Guns and the Big Busts be the things that Takes us back down?
#BviStrong
In my honest opinion I think Police got something to do with ET and BOB’s murder. These are guys who had runnings with the police and the police didn’t get much out of them. Y’all ever notice that the commissioner isn’t saying much on these murders? The government owe Bob millions. Stay woke BVI. Our police is suppose to protect and serve but we have to watch them as well. Not Good.
The Gov owe him millions ??? Think he owe Columbians more
You been watching too much netflix!!!!!
My condolences to the Hodge family, this of course is another murder that will not be solved in the territory, just a lot of “hear-say”. All these murders and almost none have been solved. Tortola judicial system needs to change, to give the families closure. Here’s comes the judge and the jury behind the computers.
I see people here and elsewhere are dancing around the obvious, and I wonder why.
Here you have a victim allegedly shot in his home who had a history of alleged illicit drug involvement…a man who the U.S. wanted to have extradited to face charges there, a request he fought and won. He spent some time in the local prison, and now this.
It’s not hard to speculate what may have occurred here, but I’ll let the authorities do their job and get to the bottom of it.
At any rate, I will say this, the country I was born and raised in is a country that is quite different to the one I grew up in, and that makes me sad. Such a beautiful place with an apparent underworld.
I celebrate no ones death as my own is imminent like all humans, and we all have family whom we do not wish ill to come to them.
Nevertheless, we all have to be very mindful how we roll in this world. There is evil everywhere. Be careful how you play.
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Ode to Bob himself.
BIG PROFESSIONAL HIT. THERE IS MORE PEOPLE IN
TORTOLA THAT THE GREEN LIGHT IS SHINING LIGHT ON. THEY TOOK OUT THE BIG FISH. EVERYONE IN THE BVI FEAR THE BIG FISH AND IF YOU WERE CLOSE WITH HIM OR RUNNING WITH HIM, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER GOING GHOST BECAUSE THEY ARE COMING BACK. YEAH THAT WAS A PROFESSIONAL HIT FOR SURE.
u watching too much narco telenovelas on netflix partner
TRY BE QUIET. EVERYBODY KNOW, NOBODY KNOWS
Check customs
New Government in town on all fronts. Sorry to hear about BoB, Mileage and Skeet. Condolences to the
They had to give up the spot because new blood is breeding.
If he had let the FEDS take him, they would have protected him in. THE HIT SQUAD WOULD HAVE NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO KNOW WHERE THE FEDS WAS HOLDING HIM.
Cocaine is a helluva drug
Another scum bag gone, no loss.
Because they know they would be speculating because no one has any facts.
Anyone who was rolling with dude, you need to go as far ghost as you can because you are about to get tag. Those three killings was all connected. You all was made to believe it was a love triangle gone bad. Brace yourselves BVI, there is going to be more killings behind this. They are cleaning houses.
THE S**T DONE HIT THE FAN FOR REAL THIS TIME. IF I WAS INTO ANYTHING OR USE TO RUN WITH THE THREE MURKED DUDES, I WOULD LAY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. COME ON NOW, IT WAS NOT ABOUT NO LOVE TRIANGLE AND YOU ALL OUT HERE BLAMING AND TEARING DOWN THE WOMAN. NAHHHH, STRAIGHT UP PROFESSIONAL HIT JOB.THIS IS SOME SERIOUS S**T, THE BIG FISH GET TAKEN DOWN, ALL GET TAKEN DOWN. THAT IS ONE OF THE RULES IN THAT WORLD.
Tortola something is wrong wake up people you live by it you dead by it
His … from dung island must be s**t scared.
all you people here wash ayo mouth on the dead we are mad we are family we are West. Me and my brother are military train one navy seal and black op we are on our way home we are piss. tola streets will run red. someone will answer for this. We bring the war home now
Rolling My Eyes!.Boi PLEASE!!!
Shut your coward a#@ if yo think yo bad come we waiting old sku#@t
Yes @ family because Earl “Bob” Hodge was a gud boy a really gud boy, was never in criminal activity, he was a model citizen all his life, a gud boy, never hurt as much as a fly, if there is a place called heaven, he is the first BVISLANDER that I know for sure that gone to that place.
He was such a righteous and God fearing gentle soul.
Yaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn
Good day to everyone why when something happen you all come and comment all kinds of stuff…and when the police asking for information no one says anything it should be a case where some of you could be investigated about you all comments because it looks like you know about the crime are a part of it…anything can happen to anyone at anytime let us stop pointing fingers and start doing the right thing also stop commenting all kind of nonsense…there should be a law to band comments on media news sight ..you all do the rite thing God bless the bvi
Right you are. Nuff said….
BRING BACK CURFEW TO 10PM
Y’all thought y’all was gonna seize 2300 kilos n all is well. Somebodies somewhere are not taking this well. Dangerous lifestyle these ppl are in. If he wasn’t robbed or his home not ransacked we know what it is.
Knew too much about govt. involvement in the business. Maybe they took him out?
https://www.bvibeacon.com/former-drug-kingpin-explains-vi-operation/
A certain politician don’t have to pay him again now since he dead
Something tells me the killing spree has just started. Some more heads gonna fall. Those who know too much better buy some protection.
One thing bout ayou tola people ayou love to see people fall that the sweet ayou the real way as people dead or go jail Ayou got the most to say like ah bunch of hipocrite ayou sickening this man do a lot for the BVI when nobody else would do so if you going talk bout the negative talk about the positive a lot of ayou tola man worst than female and a lot of ayou weak no backbone and no balls ayou want sit here and slander this man for what? To please ayou self like come on the energy ayou putting in to comment all this f**k need to be put else where and all this speculation need to stop ayou want a t like ayou doing the police dem job f**k wa ayou say real people know that Bob was good man ayou just hate that he was well liked, respected, and adored something some of ayou will never experience because ayou worthy of them titles
Peace and Love to you Earl Bob Hodge, RIEP, you will not be forgotten by those who knew you in High School and beyond, a very calm sweet soul! Sad to know this has happened to you, such a wonderful person, we love you no matter what!