UPDATE: Father, stepmother of dead 7–y-o offered bail
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The father and stepmother of seven-year-old Tiana Russell of New Works in Linstead, St Catherine, who died suddenly on Monday, June 28, were offered $300,000 bail each, when they appeared in the Linstead Resident Magistrates Court today.
Reports are that Tiana was taken to hospital about 1:30 am by her father, who reported that he heard her struggling to breathe. The child was pronounced dead shortly after.
However, the police said several marks — suggestive of abuse — were reportedly seen on Tiana’s body.
The body and her home were processed.
Her father — 39-year-old Rohan Russell and her 27-year-old stepmother, Lorraine Fletcher were charged later that day with Child Abuse.
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The police said they are awaiting Tiana’s post mortem.
Russell and Fletcher are scheduled to reappear in court on Wednesday, October 27.
