The Collymore Saga; A Tale of Deceit and Infidelity

Another Insurance Murder

Sunday, February 11, 2018

The story seemed to have begun on January 2, 2018, with the brutal murder of 32-year-old business woman Simone Campbell-Collymore and 36-year-old taxi operator Winston Watson. Both were shot dead at approximately 4:00 pm on Stanley Terrace in Red Hills, St. Andrew, Jamaica.

With the murder rate continuing to spiral out of control, the slaughter could have been easily misconstrued as just another “senseless killing”, but for one crucial detail: the husband of the deceased woman lost his previous girlfriend in a similar fashion. Omar “Best” Collymore in 2008 was the sole witness of the murder of his then girlfriend, 38-year-old Angela Aguiar in downtown, Fort Lauderdale, USA

According to the police records, Omar reported that after parking his vehicle and getting out to tie his shoe-lace, he saw a white man who appeared homeless, walk up to Aguiar – who was seated in the vehicle – with a gun. He reportedly ran then heard gunshots. When Omar returned to the vehicle, he found his girlfriend dead with gunshot wounds. Her killer is still at large. 

Fast forward to 2018, the death of Omar’s wife, Simone, has exposed a web of lies and infidelity in what seemed like a picture-perfect marriage. It is alleged that Omar had several simultaneous affairs. Simone, fed up with the what seemed like never ending marital problems, moved out of their home only a few days before she was killed. Witnesses claimed that even after the shooting, Omar, who was inside the residence where the shooting took place, was slow to come to his wife’s aid.

The tea of it all? Two women, Angela Aguiar and Simone Collymore, were shot and killed leaving a substantial insurance to one beneficiary, Omar “Best” Collymore.

Angela was insured for a whopping USD $1 million from which Omar received USD $400,000, that he claimed two years after her death. Simone Collymore is rumored to be insured for an impressive sum of JMD $3 billion.

Omar wasted no time to jump on his wife’s insurance policy. His plan was however ruined when, on January 19, 2018, he was shot and injured by unknown assailants in the parking lot of the insurance company on his way to file the claim. Then, on January 27, Omar “Best” Collymore was accosted at the Norman Manley International airport amidst a desperate attempt to flee the country only a day before his wife’s funeralA few weeks later, the police investigations finally caught up to what the rest of the world already believed, and a warrant was issued for Omar’s arrest. By this, two other persons were already in custody, and police are on the hunt for other suspects.
But Omar Collymore did not make it easy. In a nail-biting island-wide manhunt, he was finally caught hiding out at a guest house in the parish of St. Elizabeth, where he was allegedly making arrangements to leave the island by boat.

Omar “Best” Collymore, a US citizen, is expected to make his first court appearance this week.

The families of both deceased women have expressed their sentiments.

“We are very appreciative of the work that the police are doing and the progress that is being made, because it has been really difficult for the family,” Simone Campbell-Collymore’s father Wayne Campbell told the Jamaica Observer, while Aguiar’s family hopes that new leads will come from the renewed interest in the case.