Man chased and stabbed to death in Portmore

Police are still searching for criminals who chased and stabbed a man to death in Portmore, St Catherine on Sunday. The dead man has been identified as Rico Farquharson o/c ‘Palo’, a chef from the Hellshire section of the parish. Reports are that 11:20 p.m., the police were summoned to Clifton District where Farquharson was seen sitting on the ground leaning against a utility pole with two stab wounds to the neck. Sources said he was attacked by men in the area and stabbed. He was assisted by the police to the Spanish Town Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

Unidentified male shot and killed in Portland

An unidentified male was shot and killed by gunmen in the parish of Portland on Monday. Reports are that about 3:45 a.m., loud explosions were heard in an area called Bonny View and the police alerted. When they arrived the body of a male was seen lying on the floor along the passage of a building with gunshot wounds to the head. Port Antonio C.I.B is investigating

Missing 21-year-old woman’s body found in Hanover

Detectives from the Lucea Police Station in Hanover are now probing the murder of 21-year-old Petrice Porteous, whose body was found in bushes in the parish on Sunday afternoon. The now deceased young woman went missing on Tuesday, February 13. Following reports that Porteous, who is of Mount Peace district in the parish, went missing, the police reportedly took her boyfriend and his mother into custody as persons of interest. Porteous was reportedly last seen in the company of her boyfriend on the eve of Valentine's Day. Her body was stumbled upon by residents in bushes in Kew Top, a neighbouring district to Mount Peace. A police source disclosed to Loop News that the deceased woman’s boyfriend and her mother-in-law are now persons of key interest in the investigators. Further updates are to come on the development."