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Child among three hacked to death in St Ann

Published:Monday | July 18, 2022 | 12:58 PM
The discovery was made about 8 a.m. 

The bodies of three persons, including a child, were discovered at a house in Free Hill, Bamboo in St Ann on Monday morning.

Head of the St Ann Police Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell said the victims - a man, woman and a teen boy - had knife and machete wounds. 

The discovery was made about 8 a.m. 

The incident is said to have occurred some time after 2 a.m.

Powell says the circumstances surrounding the killings have not yet been determined. 

- Asha Wilks

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