Anguilla’s Silence After Kenny Mitchel’s Death: A Family Betrayed, A Community Still Waiting for Justice Share More than six years after the killing of Anguillian hotel worker Kenny Mitchel , the island remains shrouded in a silence that many residents describe as unbearable. Mitchel, a young father and beloved member of the West End community, died after a violent encounter with American tourist Scott Hapgood at the Malliouhana Resort in 2019. What followed, or rather, what didn’t follow, has left a wound that has never healed. For many Anguillians, this case has become a symbol of how quickly justice can evaporate when power, privilege and international politics collide. Hapgood was charged with manslaughter and initially appeared in court, but he later stopped returning to Anguilla, claiming he feared for his safety. Authorities insisted those fears were unfounded, yet no trial ever took place. No verdict. No accountability. No closure. Inst...
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