15-y-o Trelawny girl dies after being raped, beaten by intruders
Published:Monday | August 7, 2023 | 5:13 PM
A 15-year-old girl has succumbed to injuries in hospital after being raped and beaten during a home invasion, in which her mother and cousin were also attacked in their community of Cotton Tree, Albert Town, Trelawny.
Jamila Cole, who was a student at Troy High School, died at a Corporate Area hospital on Monday morning.
Her mother, Shanice Anderson, and her 17-year-old cousin Kayla Dawson, who were brutally battered, remain hospitalised.
It is reported that on Sunday morning two masked men entered their home through a glass window.
The men reportedly used pieces of board to beat the mother and the teen girls in their heads.
Cole was raped, beaten, and left tied up in a yam field near her home.
All three were subsequently taken to hospital, where Cole died.
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