December 21, 2023
7-y-o girl suspected of drowning in Portland
PORTLAND, Jamaica— A seven-year-old girl is suspected to have drowned in a community pit filled with water in Orange Bay, Portland on Wednesday.
The girl has been identified as Oneilia Wilks of Walk Lane district in Orange Bay, Portland.
Reports from the Portland police are that about 8:30 am, residents saw the girl’s body afloat in the pit and alerted the police. On their arrival, the scene was processed and the body retrieved and taken to the morgue.
Investigations continue.
– Everard Owen