Golden Ager commits suicide
Published:Tuesday | January 29, 2008 | 2:51 PM
The Spanish Town police in St. Catherine believe an elderly man committed suicide following a dispute with his common law wife.
According to police, 70 year old Shirley Brown chopped his partner several times during an alleged dispute over a gold chain.
It is reported that around 4am this morning, Brown went to Damsel Lane off Brunswick Avenue, in Spanish Town.
He reportedly got into a heated argument with 30 year old Shelly-Ann Spencer, and used a machete and a knife to inflict several wounds to her body. She has since been hospitalised.
Residents of Hoos Avenue, off Brunswick Avenue reportedly found Mr. Brown’s body hanging from a mango tree at the back of his house.
The police said the incident is the third case of suicide, since the start of the year in St. Catherine.