Bodies of two children found in Trelawny - Relatives identify them as missing St James duo
Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2014 | 12:00 AM
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Reverend Dr Sonia Seivwright (right), president of the Trelawny Ministers' Fraternal, comforts a crying Devona Kerr, the mother of Mellica Mitchell, who is believed to be one of the two children found dead in a pond in Trelawny yesterday. - Photo by Adrian Frater
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Adrian Frater, News Editor
Western Bureau:
Relatives of two missing St James children were overcome with grief yesterday morning as they gathered at a pond in an isolated area off the Hague main road in Trelawny, where two bodies, fitting the description of the youngsters, were found.
"We believe the bodies are those of the two children who went missing in St James on Sunday," a police investigator at the scene told The Gleaner. "However, while the relatives have identified them, we will have to do some forensic work before we can make a positive identification."
The missing St James children have been identified by family members as 13-year-old Omari Sterling, a student of St James High School; and 10-year-old Mallica Mitchell, a student of Albion Primary and Junior High School. Both are from Norwood addresses.