The police in St Mary are investigating a case of suspected suicide involving a senior citizen.

Dead is 74-year-old Fredrick Riggs of Retreat, Content district in the parish.

It is reported that about 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, Riggs was at home with family members when he reportedly drank a substance that was in a container.

It is said that the substance was poisonous.

He was rushed to the Port Maria Hospital where he was admitted but he later died.

The Port Maria police are investigating the matter.

- Rasbert Turner

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