The Last Sleep: Unraveling the Betrayal and Murder of Melissa Silvera

When you tuck in for the night, the furthest thought from your mind is the possibility that it could be your last sleep. Yet, this was the grim reality for Melissa Silvira, whose death was shrouded in a web of deceit and violence. In a poignant episode that exposes the darkest corners of the human heart, I, Lav, narrate the chilling tale of betrayal that unfolded in Jamaica, shedding light on the tragic end Melissa met at the hands of her husband, Jolyan Silvera. Ballistic evidence linked the bullet fragments found in Melissa's body to Jolyan licensed firearm, unravelling what was first believed to be death by natural causes into a cold-blooded murder.

The walls of the crime scene whisper secrets of a sinister cover-up, as revealed by the drastic alterations to the room where Melissa's life was claimed. We explore the aftermath of this heinous act, the transformation of a once familiar space into an arena of false serenity. As we grapple with the sorrowful fate of the couple's young children, now left without their mother's embrace and with their father behind bars, this episode is a harrowing reminder of the ongoing struggle for the protection and safety of women. Join me as we honour Melissa's memory and question the societal norms that continue to fail the innocent.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:02

Hey everyone, welcome to Be Real with Lab Podcast. Thank you for joining me here today, and don't forget also that we are on YouTube and Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to our YouTube channel, guys, and don't forget that we are on Apple and Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcast. I'm Lav and thank you for joining me here today. So today we're going to get right down real with it.

Speaker 1: 0:32

I want to talk about an unfortunate situation that took place in Jamaica and it is about Melissa Silvira, and this is about a murder where her husband was charged for the murder of his wife. So her name is Melissa and you know it's something that it makes you. You can't stop thinking about what is it that we women either end up getting murdered or assaulted badly? Now it was reported that Melissa died and I believe first of all, let's start with Joel Yan Silvira. Joel Yan J-O-L-Y-N. Silvira, who was charged for the murder of his wife, melissa. So the 52 year old land developer was officially charged on Friday and this is from where I'm reading it from, from the CNW network that I read, and this is going back in the earlier part of January and he was charged after being brought in the day before for a third round of questioning. And so it's initially reporting that Melissa died in her sleep of natural causes. And this is where it's like. You know, you listen to certain things and you're saying like for what. She died in her sleep of natural causes on November the 10th, right at their house. Now an autopsy that was conducted three weeks later revealed that at least three bullets fragments were in her body. So ballistic tests have since reportedly linked Mr Silvira licensed firearm to the bullet fragment that were found in his wife's body. Now, how about that, guys? Imagine his wife died of natural causes, so when she got shot, wouldn't there be a lot of blood on the sheets and stuff like that? You know, unless they they he had, I don't know. Like I don't get it, this should be all the sheets are blood of if she got shot three bullet fragments in her body and those bullet is from his gun. So you know I mean. In the meantime, the police have indicated that additional charges will be brought against Silvia, and the commanding officer For the major investigation unit Said that during the investigation the team visited crime scenes, current the crime scene at the couple's home and observe things that were not normal.

Speaker 1: 3:37

The room had been completely tiled. We have seen signs of a paint job and we have seen signs where items of the furniture have changed. So that means he murdered her. It's alleged he murdered her and then changed up the whole room, put in new tiles and fresh paint and everything. But they have that light that they can shine I can't remember the name of it when, even if you wipe with bleach or do whatever, they can shine that and still see spits of Blood, that something to place in that particular room. So I just, I just can't understand. I Really and truly cannot Understand. I mean their new tiles placed down on the floor, new paint job.

Speaker 1: 4:27

That means this was a cover-up and is exactly what they're saying, right, and they're saying the role of a medical professional is simply to confirm that the person is dead and not necessarily confirm a cause of death, right? So I mean the same police officer who went on the scene requested a postmortem to be done, as I told you in the earlier, earlier, and it's it's. It was not. It was not Dying natural causes. You know she was only 42 years old, as a young woman with small children. What's gonna happen to the children? No mother, no father. Father is in prison and mom is dead. You know it is. So it is so heart-wrenching, so heart-wrenching to know that You're in your sleep. That was it. That's the end of that. You got shot three times. That's the end of that. You never stand a chance to fight for your life, nothing at all. You know.

Speaker 1: 5:34

So, um, and, and that's how they reveal the cause of death. What if they didn't go so far to do that? You know what I mean. But what? What didn't she have blood all over her clothes? Oh, what did they do to her body? For them to just take her body and not see any blood? Like, what did they do to the body to Stop the blood from oozing out? Or however they did it? Because if you're taking up a dead person and and they got shot, you're gonna see blood still leaking out of their body.

Speaker 1: 6:02

So I don't understand, because they're saying cause of death and they're saying no, they're not releasing the body until they they do a, um, an autopsy, right? So obviously, then, that how I'm getting it is that they saw the body, took up a body, but Not seeing any blood, to the point where they I don't know it's, it's just something else, it's. It's like every time you hear, you know, a woman is murdered because what? Maybe she wants to divorce her husband. I'm not saying this is what's happening in this case, but I'm just saying the violence against women is so much more than just a woman's life. Violence women is so much that it's. It's it's just really disturbing. You can shock three times in your sleep, three times in her sleep. So it's very sad, very, very sad. And there's children involved. You know there's children involved.

Speaker 1: 6:57

He was born in the United Kingdom in 1971 to Ian and Cynthia Silvera, you know, and his mom's Cynthia is an English woman, has called Jamaica home for several decades. So he was born to an influent family of landowners and so Joyven Silvera burst into the political scene in 2011, general election, you know, and he he Silvera contested the Western St Mary constituency for Portia Simpson Miller PNP and upset all odds when he unseated another hometown boy, robert Montague. So you know he was. He was very successful man, right, successful. He married Melissa in 2015. That was his second marriage. He and Melissa shared four children. However, tragedy struck in 2017 when two year old Justin drowned in the pool at their Stony Hill residence in St Andrew. So she went. They went through a lot of trauma, you know, and um, it's, it's just, it is just so very sad. And in 2023,. Julian Silvera was prominent on the MP PNP's Islandwide series of meetings with supporters and his campaign involves. Involvement stopped when the police announced in December last year that the death of his wife was being treated as a case of murder. So today, julian Silvera future is highly uncertain. He will spend this weekend behind bars, where he will have enough time to contemplate how he has moved from being a high profile member of one of the most skilled at St Mary families to being locked in jail cell with a murder charge hanging over his head. So, people, this is very touching and very sad.

Speaker 1: 8:58

Sometimes I feel like the more money you know humankind have, the more money they make, the more wealthy they become, the more corrupted you know they become. You know what I mean. It's just money, you know, you, you, you you're making money. You're wealthy, you know, and well known in your community or in your country or whatever, and you feel that you know. Sometimes you know you're doing something very wrong and you feel your money can solve all of it to cover it up. You know what I mean.

Speaker 1: 9:29

And money is a funny thing. No matter how much money you have, you know, I believe truly that when God wants to help you, when God wants to expose you, he will expose you. Your money means nothing. That same, all of that money, you're going to spend on lawyer fees till you're broke. Right? You've seen it happen, right? Look at the R Kelly cases. You know so many different actors and music artists. You know they come in all of these, these, these act and thinking their money can fix it all and in some of the cases it never does right, fall from grace.

Speaker 1: 10:10

You know it says there when I read God's word sometimes, and when I read God's word and I read you know God can bless you with wealth, talent, and sometimes, when God blesses with wealth, they become corrupt. Right, they think they just woke up. One day they were born, they woke up one day, they grew up and all of a sudden, yes, I did some my own and I'm wealthy. But they don't understand that. You know God can bless you with wealth. He also watches to see how you're gonna handle being wealthy, what are your actions, what are you gonna do?

Speaker 1: 10:49

But for the most part, humankind can be so cruel to one another. You know so it is another sad story of another woman murdered and we don't even know why. But the truth will come out, it will come out. And to be murdered in your sleep like that is really, really hard to. It's a bitter pill to swallow. She's somebody's daughter, she's somebody's mother, somebody's sister, right? So you know?

Speaker 1: 11:23

I just wanted to bring awareness of how you never know who you're sleeping with. You never know who you're sleeping with, and it goes the same for men. With women there's a lot. There's a lot of times too, we're just not hearing as often as we are when it comes to a woman. But they're women who commit murder, and men and do heinous things as well.

Speaker 1: 11:46

But this topic here, with this 42 year old woman that died and left her little children, you know, and died so cold in her sleep, is something that will never, ever be forgotten. You know so, people it is. Life is just full of a lot of heartaches and surprises and you don't even know what's coming to you, you know. That's why it's it's so important to make sure your soul is right with God, because you know you're married to somebody and when you're not with him, for that moment, only God can hear what you cannot hear what that person is saying, and only God can see what you cannot see when you are away from that person. Only God.

Speaker 1: 12:40

She didn't know she was gonna die in her sleep A couple hours before she went to bed that same day, when she was about doing her business, handling whatever she needs to handle, talking to whoever, whoever was the last person she talked to. What she did, you know, with her kids and you know what she said to her kids and you know getting ready for bed and stuff like that. She didn't know that was her last to see her children. She didn't know it would be her last, that last hug or kiss. You know she didn't know that that was it. She was going to die Sharing the same bed with the person.

Speaker 1: 13:23

So it can be very overwhelming and scary at times because we're human, we're not perfect. It can be very, very scary and some of these men that have money or wealthy, I'm telling you some of them are so corrupt, so corrupt. But the truth will come out. He's in, he's incarcerated right now and the truth have to come out. It have to come out because there's no way her family, I don't believe, is gonna let it just go just like that. They have to find the truth and it will come out. But my thoughts and prayers are with her family and I hope she gets justice. I hope the family gets justice. Yes, people. So I just wanted to talk about this because, you know, women are around the world are either dying or suffering under some sort of abuse. So, everyone, that's all for this episode. Thank you again for joining me here on B-Reel with Lab Podcast. Have yourself a wonderful week, everyone. Much love.