Police probing suspected drowning at Runaway Bay beach
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February 10, 2022

Police probing suspected drowning at Runaway Bay beach

ST ANN, Jamaica – Police in St Ann are probing the circumstances surrounding the suspected drowning of a man at the Runaway Bay beach on Thursday. 

He has been identified as 25-year-old Orlando Taylor. His address has not yet been ascertained. 

Taylor’s body was reportedly seen floating in the water with its face down about 8:30 am.

Residents on the beach raised an alarm and the body was later retrieved from the water.

The body was removed from the water and taken to the morgue pending a post mortem examination.

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