The mother of murdered student Shaundae Jones yesterday vented her frustration that his killer had not been caught one year after the Dockyard slaying.

The bright Bermuda College student, from Smith's Avenue, Warwick, was murdered with a single shotgun blast to his chest outside Club Malabar on April 27.

Now the family is trying to enlist Scotland Yard in frustration that Bermudian Police have failed to turn up new leads.

Yesterday Shaundae's mother paid an emotional homage to the spot where her 20-year-old son was shot and laid flowers along with his friends.

Speaking from Dockyard, Marsha Jones, 50, told The Royal Gazette: "This is horrific. I can't believe it's a year later and I am here with no closure.

"I feel by now he would be caught and, at the very least, in custody. That hasn't happened.

"I am angry, totally p***ed off.

"I am here today in Dockyard. I couldn't bring myself to come here before but this is a step I felt I should take to come up here with Shaundae's friends.

"It is to help me move on but at the same time I can't believe we are still where we are."

Flowers in Shaundae's favourite colours of red, white and blue were left at a garden across from Club Malabar.

Ms Jones recalled how she heard the news about Shaundae. "His girlfriend called me from Dockyard and told me someone had shot him. I thought it was a mistake and someone had stabbed him but she said no, somebody shot him."

Then she called his mobile but a friend answered and told her the worst. She rushed to hospital where nurses tried to keep her calm and distract her while they waited for the ambulance to arrive.

But when it did it was all too late, Shaundae had died on the way to the Port Royal fire station as friends tried to rendezvous with an ambulance.

"They say he died by Scaur Hill."

Yesterday she paid her respects at that spot.

"It was extremely hard. Shaundae was my only child. I was an only child. I lost my mother in September on my birthday. That leaves me with no family. I get lonely. It's very difficult.

"I try to coach myself through it. His friends are very, very supportive. They come by and see me and help me with things I need done around the house."

She said her own friends had also helped out tremendously. She believes Shaundae's killer acted out of revenge over an earlier fight.

"My understanding was that it was pure embarrassment. This guy got in a fight with my son and my son beat him to a pulp. My son was in a fight with someone else and this guy jumped in and got beat up.

"It was stupid. There was no drugs involved, it was pure embarrassment. He got beat up and came back for revenge and shot my son like a coward and ran away.

"Things have changed, they don't come back for a fist fight, they shoot people or stab people or chop people up."

She has repeatedly tried to have an audience with Police Commissioner Jonathan Smith over the handling of the case but nothing has happened.

"I called a couple of times last year and spoke to people in his office who said they would pass the message on. When I call back they said they did and it's up to him to respond but he never did.

"There are a few questions I would like to ask the commissioner."

Police spokesman Dwayne Caines said when Ms Jones had called Mr. Smith had been busy and so a meeting had been arranged with Assistant Commissioner Carlton Adams.

He said: "We are using all the resources we have to ensure justice is done."

Speaking from Birmingham, Alabama Shaundae's relative Sharyn Menzies said: "I feel very sad, very upset and depressed.

"You cannot help but think about a year ago and what happened."

Yesterday Police doubled the reward money to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspect Kenith Clifton Bulford who skipped Police bail and probably the country last year.

But Ms Menzies said: "I feel the Police are not doing anything to locate him.

"I don't want it to be a cold case. I personally am writing to Scotland Yard."

Shaundae's mother added: "I think Bermuda is not accustomed to dealing with this sort of crime because it is not everyday you find someone assassinated."

She said input from jurisdictions more familiar with such killings was needed. "I don't have a clue where he is and I don't think the Police have a clue either. I do know he's not in Bermuda.

"He's somewhere else but with the type of lifestyle he leads he will mess up and he will make a mistake."

Bulford, 28, has a history of going missing while on Police bail having left the country during the 1990s anti-drug Operation Cleansweep but Police have said there was insufficient evidence to keep him in custody in connection with the Malabar killing.

Police have linked up with authorities overseas, including in New Jersey where Bulford stayed during eight years away from Bermuda, and Interpol but have unearthed no new leads.

Bulford is about six feet four, brown-skinned, of medium build and weighing about 180 to 200 pounds.

Chief Inspector Stuart Crockwell: "The process is still moving along. We are still looking at avenues of tracking down Bulford."

Asked about the public response he said: "It's not the sort of response we would like, we have had no positive response so far. We are not just looking in America, we are looking in Bermuda and other places."

Asked about the possible involvement of Scotland Yard he said: "That is the first I have heard about it. It is not a cold case it is actively being investigated."

Anyone with information should call Chief Insp. Crockwell on 299 4315 or the confidential Crimestoppers 24-hour hotline on 1-800-623-8477.