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Fi We Children mourns passing of 13-year-old Kemelia Paul
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June 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) says it is deeply saddened by reports confirming the death of 13-year-old Excelsior High Scho...
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Suspect in custody in Trinidad after body of missing 12-year-old found
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Suspect in custody in Trinidad after body of missing 12-year-old found
June 8, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Trinidad police say a 26-year-old man is assisting their investigations following the death of 12-year-old Mercedez L...
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French mum accused of blindfolding, abandoning sons in Portugal remanded
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French mum accused of blindfolding, abandoning sons in Portugal remanded
May 23, 2026
SETUBAL, Portugal (AFP) — A court in Portugal on Saturday remanded in custody a French woman and her partner, accused of abandoning her two young boys...
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10-y-o birthday girl among dead in Colombia monster truck crash
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10-y-o birthday girl among dead in Colombia monster truck crash
May 4, 2026
POPAYAN, Colombia (AFP) — A Colombian girl celebrating her 10th birthday was among three people crushed to death at a monster truck display when a veh...
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Funeral service underway for slain four-year-old in Manchester
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Funeral service underway for slain four-year-old in Manchester
March 8, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Under the watchful eyes of the police, grieving relatives and friends are now gathered at the Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Dunsin...
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Suspect in murder of 3-y-o and father in custody
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Suspect in murder of 3-y-o and father in custody
February 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police say one of the main suspects in the Saturday night killing of three-year-old Jayce Pinnock and his father, 31-year-old Kerr...
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Father of slain 3-y-o succumbs to injuries following Denham Town attack
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Father of slain 3-y-o succumbs to injuries following Denham Town attack
February 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The father of three-year-old  Jayce Pinnock, who was killed in a Denham Town shooting on Saturday, has succumbed to injuries he re...
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Police pursuing intelligence, suspects in murder of 4-y-o girl
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Police pursuing intelligence, suspects in murder of 4-y-o girl
February 12, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says detectives are close to making a breakthrough in the murder of ...
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Residents protest New Year’s triple killing in Granville
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Residents protest New Year’s triple killing in Granville
January 1, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Residents took to the streets on New Year’s Day in Granville, St James, following what they said was the killing of three individu...
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
January 1, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Three individuals, including a child, are reportedly dead following an incident involving the security forces in Granville, St Jam...
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Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 35 years in deaths of 4 children
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Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 35 years in deaths of 4 children
December 22, 2025
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) — Eleven Ecuadoran soldiers were sentenced to nearly 35 years in prison over the abduction and deaths of four children last y...
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Man in custody following alleged abduction of missing 6-y-o in Clarendon
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Man in custody following alleged abduction of missing 6-y-o in Clarendon
December 9, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Head of the Clarendon police Senior Superintendent Shane McCalla, has confirmed that a man was taken into custody after a missing...
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UPDATE: Missing 6-y-o returns home
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UPDATE: Missing 6-y-o returns home
December 9, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Police say six-year-old Anka Glasgow  who has been missing since Tuesday, December 9, has returned home. The child had been repor...
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Police issue high alert for missing 6-y-o
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Police issue high alert for missing 6-y-o
December 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica– The police have issued a high alert for six-year-old Anka Glasgow of Clarendon, who has been missing since Tuesday, December 9. Gla...
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11-year-old boy’s death under investigation in Manchester, suicide suspected
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11-year-old boy’s death under investigation in Manchester, suicide suspected
November 8, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead at his family ho...
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Two toddlers fatally stabbed in St Ann; father in custody
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Two toddlers fatally stabbed in St Ann; father in custody
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
August 27, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — A 22-year-old man is now in police custody following the fatal stabbing of two young children, one of whom was his son, in Swamp, Mo...
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‘Yashii-Poo’ charged with murder of 16-year-old
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‘Yashii-Poo’ charged with murder of 16-year-old
August 11, 2025
 KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 29-year-old man has been charged with the 2024 murder of a 16-year-old girl, police say. Yashoy Clarke, otherwise called ‘Yashi...
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
August 11, 2025
LAS MEDULAS, Spain (AFP) — A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain, and French cities saw record tem...
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UPDATE: Driver involved in fatal Manchester crash released after CCTV footage emerges
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UPDATE: Driver involved in fatal Manchester crash released after CCTV footage emerges
August 6, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The driver of a Toyota Hiace involved in a fatal collision which claimed the life of a boy on Tuesday in Prospect, Manchester ha...
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Looser gun laws tied to thousands more US child shooting deaths
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Looser gun laws tied to thousands more US child shooting deaths
June 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) states that loosened their gun laws following a landmark court ruling saw thousands more childhoo...
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Bahamian man faces jail term for indecently assaulting child
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Bahamian man faces jail term for indecently assaulting child
May 14, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — A 42-year-old man faces a potential maximum sentence of eight years in Bahamian prison after a majority nine-member jury i...
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Guyana’s health minister concerned over calls for second autopsy on 11-y-o
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Guyana’s health minister concerned over calls for second autopsy on 11-y-o
May 3, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, has raised concerns over calls for a second autopsy in the death of 11-year-old...
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 14, 2026
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Yaksta’s new album June 15
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Head of NBTS urges Jamaicans to brave needle, help countrymen
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June 14, 2026
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