Undated photo of Garfield Dennis
February 1, 2022
St Elizabeth teacher suspected of committing suicide
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Police are probing a suspected case of suicide involving a high school teacher at his home in Malvern on Wednesday afternoon.
He has been identified as Garfield Dennis, a construction teacher at the BB Coke High School in Junction, St Elizabeth.
It is reported that police were alerted about 4:45 pm that Dennis’ lifeless body was found hanging from the ceiling of his woodwork shop at the front of his yard.
It is said that Dennis left a suicide note.
In 2010, he survived a near-death experience as he was stabbed in the back by a male student at his school.
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Kasey Williams
