Nine-year-old girl found dead in barrel; Spanish Town police launch manhunt
Published:Saturday | May 10, 2025 | 12:12 PM
The police have launched a hunt for a man in connection with the murder of a nine-year-old girl whose partially nude body was discovered inside a barrel at her home in Spanish Town on Friday night.
The deceased has been identified as Kelsey Cassidy Ferrigon, a student of St John’s Primary School and resident of Job Lane in Spanish Town.
Details of the circumstances remain unclear.
It's reported that at about 8 p.m., a relative found the child inside a barrel, partially nude with bruises allegedly to her head and pubic area.
The police were alerted.
Ferrigon was pronounced dead at the Spanish Town Hospital.
The Spanish Town police are investigating.
- Rasbert Turner
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