With a heavy heart...

we announce the passing of Collin Lynch, the owner and pastry master at the Out Of Town Pastry on the far West End.

As a former neighbour for some 3 years, we fondly remember the 45 second walk to catch Collin's incredible hot out of the oven patties and coco bread.

There has been limited and conflicting information from the news so far, but he was killed after two men entered his business last night.

We had many great years as both patrons and neighbours of Collin and our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to him, his immediate family and the entire extended Lynch family.

Rest in peace our friend.

Rob and Lisa

How tragic and sad. I sure hate to hear that. Thank you for keeping us posted. Prayers at this instant.

Mommy, Linston, Miss G and I will celebrate his life and deplore his death.....

David

PS...Linston didn't know until I told him

Prayers to his family.

Rob,

I got this horrible news this morning. Although the information came from a knowledgeable source, I was so shocked I was going to PM you to ask if it were true. I met Collin three weeks ago when I walked into his shop requesting breakfast. Told me they only serve pastries and bun, but to come back anytime to try something. I did and he made me feel so welcomed when I returned. My prayers go out to his family and loved ones.

How sad! Isn't his daughter a boardie? Praying for his family.

That is very sad news. My thoughts and prayers to his family.

Terrible.

Sad news indeed.

So very sorry......

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Such a loss of a wonderful man! His smiling face and kind soul exemplified the essence of the West End. My heart goes out to all of those that knew him and his family. RIP Colin........

So saddened by this news, LYNCH family long long time original "NAYGRIL" family. So I lived there during all of the 1970's, "GREAT" family. I have come throughout the years and my usual residence is near to the Lighthouse neighborhood. I am actually usually there right now during the Independence Day celebrations.
Sincere condolenses to the family, I can't tell you how much time I spent on Hylton Lane way up there getting mushrooms and walking all over the Lighthouse Road area laughting hysterically for hours, freaking out at the blow holes at Citronella later in the day.
This is SHOCKING and horrid news, such a great guy. Such a great business that I always frequent, I am really really glad that I am not there right now. I like to operate as one of those bugs called a "no see em" when I am in Jamaica. I just so know SO much... like from 1971 or something, about what happened to this person and what happened to this other person and the planes that wo uld crash... I REALLY like to deal with a no profile type of thing -- OH CRAP... the murders that went on, the planes that were crashed, the **** that went on far out west end neighborhoods. I actually kind of keep myself in a disguised state of appearance.
Quite a bit of murdered US / German / Italian citizens who were blessed enough to buy property there and start up businesses, most of them murdered. In COLD blood too. For many a year I have stayed near to the Lighthouse area of Negril and have frequented the area where RUI moved, or go to Cosmo's during the day.
In any event, I am GLAD I am not in Negril this week. This news totally SUCKS big time, a good man, hard worker, murdered in cold blood in front of his daughter.

This is such horrible news. How terrible for folks to go up the man's shop and kill him. No respect! RIP, Collin. The SUNBABY family will surely miss you.

Tragic...prayers for his family and friends....one of my all time favorite photos was this one I took at Out of Town Pastry.

Never had the pleasure to meet Collin but always heard nice things about his shop. How sad and tragic for his family. I hope justice will be served.

RIP Collin and may justice be served. When in Negril, my wife and I would stop at Out of Town nearly everyday, if not for a loaf, patty or bread, just a Ting, we always tried to spend some money with him. It saddens me to ever hear of a violent crime but this one hits way to close to home. Thoughts and prayers to the Lynch family.

Colin was a good and honest man. I counted him as a friend. You can be sure that scores of people know just who these bandulus are and I am waiting to see if "informma" stigma will keep them from contacting the police.

That is a big problem in Jamaica today.

R.I.P. mi fren.

Respect!

This is very bad news. He was a very nice man! I was at the west end for two weeks in July and went everyday to get patties for my wife and I. RIP

how sad

So many pastry places on the west end have come and gone the past 30 years. I was grateful for the referral to Out Of Town when 3 C's closed. My first visit, I asked Collin what kind he had that morning and he started reciting them and I just said, "I'll take one of each." He smiled and placed each in a little bag. I smiled when he told me the price for this plenty. Ever since, he would get a big smile of recognition, year after year upon my return. This is so heartbreaking. It's the most painful thing about being a longtime visitor to Negril. The changes are understandable. The cruel deaths are not.

Wow, that's so sad! Prayers r with his family & friends!

Time for a pond scum clean up in Negril.

Prayers and condolences to the family. I'm so sorry. Hope they catch the evil people who did this.

And to anyone who says, "This could happen anywhere," I TOTALLY disagree.

Our condolences 😔😔 how very tragic our thoughts and prayers are with the family. While staying at @ Hideawhile last July hubby and I really enjoyed walking down to stock up on beef patties and fish loves for the day and chat for a bit

Has there been an arrest in this case yet??

I think if a reward was offered, those scumbags would get turned in

Spanky, a reward would work yes, but only if it included protective custody and a visa to relocate out of the country asap. The 'Informer Fi Dead' mentality/culture is still very much reality.

Attached is an article about Mr. Lynch's murder and another gentlemen on Friday. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regio...urder_17290834

I'd like to offer my condolences as well. We didn't know Collin well but he was always a very nice, quiet man when we went to Out of Town. We left Negril the day after he passed, but hadn't heard. We did notice a sadness when we were leaving Negril but had no idea. So sorry for his family.

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Originally Posted by Olivia

Spanky, a reward would work yes, but only if it included protective custody and a visa to relocate out of the country asap. The 'Informer Fi Dead' mentality/culture is still very much reality.

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Sad but true, then again, protected custody should be made available to the Heroes they would be.

What terrible news! Visiting with Mr. Colin at OTP was always a favorite stop for me. Probably only about 12 years my senior, it just seemed proper to refer to him as Mr. Colin. I loved the atmosphere at his shop. Everyone was treated with the same respect and dignity. I especially liked hanging out when he would play the trivia / quiz shows that schools compete in on his little TV.

He was a great father, great baker and a great human being.

Sincere condolences to his family. I am profoundly saddened. I just always took for granted that I would get a chance to visit again.

His shop was so clean, so family.... always kids around.... such a nice quiet, neighborhood location... I just don't get it...

Where is the outrage...The Backlash? Why is Negril taking this Lying down?

What could be worse than this? Who gets shot next? What atrocity will spur action?

Let this sink in...The nice, hardworking family man at Out of Town Pastry who works from sun up to sun down to provide for his family and also to provide culinary Jamaican culture to the people dem daily. Mi God...Those of you that met him and his family you know what a tremendous loss this is?

This was a very good man! I can't imagine a bigger loss for the west end.

Where are the fires...Where are the protests...Burn down the Lighthouse! Where are the machetes and torches?

I have read posts from Boardies that seemed resigned to the fact that this is simply the sad state of affairs?

Where is the outrage...Descendants of Maroons?

Apparently, Colin getting shot at his shop is just what happens to businessmen now.

I am sickened by this. Been in love with the west end since 1981 I will not return to Negril ever.

If this isn't the last straw what is? Never known Jamaicans to take this kind of injustice lying down!
Who dies next: Sexy Rexy. Rob Graves, Ras Rody, Paul Salmon? How can the next murder be worse than Colin Lynch?

I simply cannot process why this isn't a bigger deal?
They walked in and shot Colin at Out of Town Pastry on Hylton!

Latest Observer:

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/regio...egril_17310802

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...ssman_17272835

Mattmon,
Enough already. If you give a damn about Negril, don't show up spouting more violence from many miles away, trying to be some kind of hero. If you want to help, GREAT, but don't stand on a soap box preaching to others whom for the most part don't even have the ability to access this forum how to conduct their daily lives.

Mattmon,
Enough already. If you give a damn about Negril, don't show up spouting more violence from many miles away, trying to be some kind of hero. If you want to help, GREAT, but don't stand on a soap box preaching to others whom for the most part don't even have the ability to access this forum how to conduct their daily lives.

Yeah, fires and riots, thats the solution! Burning down a landmark? Brilliant!!! Seriously, if this is the best you have to offer as to solutions, keep them to yourself. More destruction, in a place that already has so little in some regards, is hardly helpful, nor will it bring about any sort of meaningful change. It will simply leave ashes and resentment out of what was once a source of many happy memories. How, again, does that bring about long term meaningful change? I suppose for someone who has vowed never to return, that destruction, that resentment, etc will go unnoticed, but to those that live and visit regularly, not so much. Preaching to others to rise up and "do something", while you sit at a computer screen hundreds of miles away from a place you've vowed never to return to, seems a little disingenuous to me.