St Mary businessman dies in suspected suicide
A St Mary businessman died Monday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The deceased is of an Albion Mountain address in the parish. His body was found, sometime af...
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St Mary boy, 9, suspected of ending his own life
A community in St Mary is now mourning the death of a nine-year-old boy. The boy is suspected of taking his own life on Monday night at his home in Mason Hall in the parish. Police report t...
Jamaica making strides against suicide through social messaging
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it is making significant inroads in its fight to address the growing problem of suicide in Jamaica. Health officials say one of the ways it is doing th...
Autopsy of Epstein performed, but details yet to be released
The details of how Jeffrey Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend have yet to be released, but medical officials have performed an autopsy on the high-profile inmate accused of sexua...
12-year-old girl reportedly commits suicide in Clarendon
The Clarendon police are investigating a reported suicide involving a 12-year-old girl in the parish on Thursday. Reports are that the body of the child was found hanging from a tree in her yard. ...
Man dies after reportedly jumping into Kingston Harbour
A man is dead after reportedly jumping into the Kingston Harbour on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as 49-year-old Christopher McKnight. According to an alleged eyewitne...
Woman survives attempted murder/suicide in Clarendon
The May Pen police in Clarendon are investigating an attempted murder-suicide in Pleasant Valley in the parish on Sunday morning. Arising from the incident, a woman was found with several chop woun...
Upper St Andrew man reportedly commits suicide after fuss with ‘wife'
A 27-year-old man is suspected to have committed suicide minutes after he and his common-law wife had an argument in an upper St Andrew community on Thursday. The police said the victim has been id...
Two suspected suicides in Manchester within five days
The parish of Manchester has been placed under the spotlight after two persons reportedly committed suicide there less than five days apart. The police reported that in the first incident, a 24-yea...
Copy-cat behaviour fueling murder-suicides?
Is there a tipping point for suicide ideation? Is the act of murder-suicide becoming contagious, triggering copy-cat behaviour in other males in Jamaica? In a 1983 New York Times article, it was re...