Here’s a story about a guy who wrote a book about someone he knew from his childhood days, whom he never really liked. That book, called “Nether Land,” was released Aug. 11 by Tenebo Publishing Company.
Author Kem Hinton said it took nine years to write the story of his hometown neighbor, Ed Netherland. Netherland, a wealthy entrepreneur, was found murdered in a rental home on the east end of St. John in November 2014.
Twenty fourteen was an unusual year for St. John with two recorded homicides — one was James Malfetti, who was stabbed to death in Chocolate Hole in January.
That case drew persistent attention. Police investigators arrested and charged Mekel Blash for the crime. Blash pleaded guilty in March 2019…