rhyging's body was held at the city mortuary before being buried in a pauper's grave. large numbers of people came to see the body of the notorious criminal, including eric goldson, who reportedly commented "the race is not for the swift. rhyging you gone at last!" in order to avoid large crowds gathering to see his burial, police stated that they were taking the body to spanish town. he was taken to may pen cemetery, where he was buried quickly without ceremony.