11-year-old commits suicide

Dalton Laing, Sunday Gleaner Writer

Whispers were on the lips of everyone in the community of Blue Hole in Belmont, Westmoreland, as the suicide of 11-year-old Dujon Robinson was pondered.

He was found hanging from the ceiling of a chicken coop at the back of his yard Friday afternoon. Persons who gathered at the scene were saddened by the horrific sight of the youngster who had issued a threat on his life.

His mother stayed far from the media. However, a close friend of the family, Jenise Sanderson, said Dujon had spoken of his deadly intention at school. "I heard that he talk it at school and the teacher call his mother, so I am surprised to know that he really did it," she said.

He was a student at New Hope Primary and Junior High in Whitehouse.

"He made tea and egg sandwich for his mother this morning, with mayonnaise," Sanderson said and his mother asked for one more cup and he made it, so we never knew that he had that kind of intention."

She described him as a very quiet individual who did not talk much.

Dujon lived with his mother and two siblings.