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Munnings Road Resident: “Please Assist Us, We Want To Feel Safe”

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Munnings Road residents say poor lighting in their community has left them vulnerable to crime and now they’re pleading for help; it comes after the body of a woman seven months pregnant was found in the area on Wednesday morning.

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7 months ago

October 23, 2025

Joshua Williams

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – If you’ve ever driven down Munnings Road at night, you’re familiar with the darkness that surrounds you.

It’s pitch black with little to no lighting and it’s along this same road where the partially decomposed body of 30-year-old Lauren Saunders was found Wednesday morning.

The family remained hopeful – searching for two days with the assistance of the defense force and the community.

Wednesday evening residents in the community, gathering at the scene of the crime saying they fear something like this could happen again if the lighting issue isn’t fixed.

They also want CCTV set up in their community.

It’s not the only recent incident that has residents on edge; in August, alleged gang leader Duran “Monster” Neely was found dead in a bullet-riddled vehicle on a dark stretch of Munnings Road.

But that’s not all, Dewitt Brown – who spoke on behalf of residents – says there are other crime-related issues.

“These aren’t the other occurrences at home invasion zanny, and then on robberies in arm robbery starker but because we don’t house lighting throughout the length and breadth of Maddox Road, we have no security cameras to speak of the guard individuals as they try to make it home from a long days work.”

Munnings Road is a familiar stretch of roadway.

Back in 2018, Garvanisha Carey was tragically killed afteR her car slammed into concrete barriers placed on that street under the former Minnis administration.

Her death, sparking outrage – many believed the incident could have been avoided if proper lighting was in place.

But could the removal of those barriers have led to an increase in crime?

“The road being block at that time did in my mind deter some individual because it would be a long drive us to come down and turn back up and commit any crime,” the residents said.

“What are the risk of being caught on camera potentially see by somebody but we understand that this road is used for a shortcut.”