June 5, 2018
UPDATE: 13-y-o in custody for death of 9-y-o girl
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland police have taken a 13-year-old boy into custody in connection with the gruesome discovery of the body of a nine-year-old girl in bushes Tuesday night.
The deceased has been identified as Kadijah Saunders, also called KC, of Bronte District, Westmoreland.
Police believe that she was strangled by her assailant.
“We have taken a youth into custody while we carry out further investigation,” head of the Westmoreland Police Division Superintendent Gary MacKenzie told OBSERVER ONLINE today.
The 13-year-old, who attends the Newworks Infant and Primary School as Kadijah and lives in the same community, was picked up by the police today.
