-As the family announces details of her funeral arrangement
By Jerromie S. Walters
Brewerville, Liberia – The Musu family has announced the details of the funeral arrangements of Charloe Musu, the niece of Liberia’s former chief justice Gloria Musu Scott. Charloe tragically lost her life on February 22, 2023, at Cllr. Scott’s home in Brewerville, a crime that drew national attention.
The family will hold a quiet night of remembrance on Friday, September 27, 2024, at the Col. Lawrence Musu Memorial Compound, located on 16th Street, Sinkor, land side. This intimate gathering will provide family and friends an opportunity to honor Charloe’s memory.
On Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 8:45 A.M., Charloe’s body will be transferred from the St. Moses Funeral Home on the Japan Freeway. The funeral service will take place at the Royal Embassy Church, formerly known as the City of Light, situated in Cole Farm, behind the Lott Carey Baptist Mission in Brewerville City, Montserrado County. Following the service, Charloe will be laid to rest at the Brewerville City Cemetery, located behind the Zion Grove Baptist Church.
Charloe Musu was the niece of Liberia’s former Chief Justice, Cllr. Gloria Scott. Her murder led to a legal case that saw a jury deliver a unanimous guilty verdict on December 21, 2023, convicting Cllr. Gloria Musu Scott and three family members—Alice C. Johnson, Gertrude Newtown, and Rebecca Wisner—of murder, criminal conspiracy, and making false statements to law enforcement.
However, on August 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the previous ruling, ordering the immediate release of Scott and her relatives. Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh cited insufficient evidence linking them to the crime, thus nullifying the life sentences imposed by Criminal Court C Judge Roosevelt Willie.
The former Chief Justice and her three relatives were sentenced to life imprisonment following the accident on February 22, 2023, that led to the death of Charloe Musu, Cllr. Scott’s niece, at her home in Brewerville.
Reading the imprisonment sentence, Judge Willie intimated that the sentence was based on the guilty verdict brought down by juries and determined from the testimonies provided by the defense and witnesses.
The former chief justice denied the charge, saying the 29-year-old had been killed by an “assassin” who had entered her home in the capital, Monrovia. Her arrest came as a shock to many Liberians, and her trial was closely followed, especially as it came in the build-up to December’s presidential election.
Cllr.-Scott is a prominent member of President-elect Joseph Boakai’s political party and was part of its high-powered legal team, which successfully challenged the election commission’s refusal to allow parties to see the voters’ roll. She served as Liberia’s justice minister and then as its most senior judge – the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court – until her retirement in 2003.
Moreover, she later entered politics and was a lawmaker in Maryland County until 2012, according to the African Women in Law website. In 2012, she was appointed the chairperson of the Constitutional Review Committee, as Liberia tried to strengthen democracy and good governance following the authoritarian rule and conflicts of the past.
