The St Elizabeth police suspect that a 41-year-old man committed suicide at his home this morning.
He has been identified as Marlon McFarlane, of Spring Park district.
Reports from the Black River police are that about 9:00 a.m., residents found McFarlane hanging from a mango tree at his home by a length of rope tied around his neck.
The scene was processed and the body removed to the morgue for post mortem.