Trelawny man charged for allegedly chopping common-law wife to death
The Trelawny Police have charged 62-year-old Stenneth Wilson, otherwise called 'Uncle', with the murder of his common-law wife Nickeisha Keeling.
Keeling, 29, was chopped to death at their house in Clark's Town in the parish on Saturday.
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The police report that about 11:30 p.m., Wilson and Keeling, otherwise called 'Gal Gal', got into an argument.
The argument reportedly escalated into a fight, during which Wilson allegedly used a knife and a machete to inflict several wounds to the woman's body.
Wilson then turned himself in to the police and was charged after he allegedly confessed.
His court date is being finalised.
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