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Update | One of two girls swept away in St Mary found dead

Published:Friday | August 26, 2022 | 12:03 PM
Grieving family members and residents at the scene where the bodies of two girls were found in St Mary on August 26. The girls were swept away by a river the day before. - Andre Williams photo.

The body of one of the two girls swept away by a river in St Mary on Thursday has been found dead.

The discovery was made this morning.

Her identity is yet to be disclosed.

And commanding officer for the St Mary police Superintendent Bobette Morgan-Simpson says the search continues for the other missing girl.

The girls, aged 14 and 10, are related.

They were swept away while in the community of Jobs Hill.

Sections of Jamaica have been experiencing increased rainfall in recent days.

More details to come.

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