Fri | Jan 10, 2025

Man found bludgeoned to death in his bed in Bog Walk

Published:Friday | January 10, 2025 | 8:19 AM
The Linstead Criminal Investigations Branch has launched a probe into the matter. - File photo

A 50-year-old man was found bludgeoned to death at his home in Bog Walk, St Catherine, on Thursday night.

The deceased is Orville Williams, a  labourer of Swamp Lane, Bog Walk.

About 8:45 p.m., the Bog Walk police received information from a relative who reportedly went to the home of the deceased and found it ransacked with Williams' lifeless body inside.

On arrival, the police found Williams' body in a seated position on his bed with bruises to the head and upper body. His feet were bound and blood was coming from his head and nose.

Williams was pronounced dead at the Linstead Hospital.

The Linstead Criminal Investigations Branch has launched a probe into the matter.

- Rasbert Turner

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