ST ANN, Jamaica —It is a new school year and many students are happy to be back in the classroom, but one father now has to be seeking counselling for his nine-year-old daughter after her mother was murdered over the weekend in Ocho Rios, St Ann.

Elaine Simpson, 52-year-old from Parry Town, St Ann was reportedly stabbed repeatedly by unknown assailants on Friday night, August 30 at about 10:00 pm in the resort town. 

Her body was reportedly discovered between two buildings on Rennie Road close to DaCosta Drive.

When the Jamaica Observer spoke to Simpson’s spouse, William Planter, on Monday morning, he said his daughter cried on her first morning when she realised her mother would not be taking her to school.

“Her mother use to walk wid her go school so she a cry this morning,” he said.

“Elaine was a good girl to mi.  Elaine no fi dead so.  She no deserve that death,” he added.

Friends of Simpson remembered her as a jovial and honest person who talked endlessly about her children.

She reportedly had two children, ages nine and 21.

 “Such as a sweet girl, mi cry. O God,” one friend bemoaned.

They said they do not know why anyone would have wanted Simpson dead; however, speculations are that she may have been murdered in relation to a recent court case. 

— Renae Dixon