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Spanish Town Police probing suspected drowning of senior citizen

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 11:06 AM

The Spanish Town police in St Catherine are investigating the suspected drowning of 67-year-old Sylvester Grant, from Beacon Hill, Thompson Pen in the parish. 

Grant's body was discovered floating under the bridge along Burke Road, near the St Jago Park Health Centre around noon Saturday. 

The police were alerted and retrieved the body.

Grant was pronounced dead at Spanish Town Hospital.

- Rasbert Turner

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