Triple murder rocks St Ann

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Triple murder rocks St Ann

Up to press time last night, the police were yet to identify the bodies of three men discovered along a lonely road yesterday in Yelland, a community near Watt Town in St Ann. The bodies appeared to have gunshot wounds and bring to four the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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