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73-y-o Hellshire fisherman stabbed, bludgeoned to death

Published:Monday | April 13, 2020 | 12:00 AM

An investigation has been launched into Saturday’s murder of a 73-year-old fisherman who resides in Hellshire, St Catherine.

Dead is Joseph Pitt, otherwise called ‘Fire’.

Reports are that about 6:30 p.m., Pitt was attacked at his home by a man who used an object to stab him in the head repeatedly. The assailant then used a large stone to smash Pitt’s head while the senior citizen was on the ground.

The attacker was chased by a witness but escaped on foot.

Pitt was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment.

His body was removed to Morgan’s Funeral Home.