‘Bongo Ricky’ chopped to death in St Mary
Police are trying to find the attacker(s) of a man who was chopped to death on PNP Lane in Annotto Bay, St Mary, on Wednesday night.
The dead man, identified as Patrick Samuels otherwise called ‘Bongo Ricky’, was found with several chop wounds at his home and later pronounced dead at hospital.
It was reported that around 9:30 pm, residents heard the now-deceased crying out for help from his house.
The residents summoned the police, who went to the community, entered Samuels’ home and found him with several chop wounds to the head, both hands, chest and back.
He was rushed by the police to the Annotto Bay Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight. The body was removed to the morgue, pending a post-mortem examination.
No motive has been established for the attack, the police said.