Politician Faye Jacobs commits suicide
Published:Monday | May 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM
Politician Faye Reid Jacobs is believed to have killed herself last night.
The police say Jacobs was found dead around 8.30 last night in Long Mountain, St Andrew.
VIDEO: Faye Reid Jacobs on the campaign trail in Westmoreland Central in 2014
The police have not released the circumstances of the death, but it is believed that she drank a poisonous substance, some of which was found beside her body.
Jacobs, who was a businesswoman was the Jamaica Labour Party's Westmoreland Central candidate for the 2014 by-election.
She was beaten by the People's National Party's Dwayne Vaz.