13-y-o Jamaican boy charged for 7-y-o’s death

(Jamaica Observer) The St Ann police have charged a 13-year-old boy in connection with the death of seven-year-old Delano Greenwood, who was killed in Scarlett Hall near Salem in St Ann last Saturday.

“Police can say at this time that the 13-year-old has been charged for manslaughter,” a detective at the St Ann Police Station said this morning.

The name of accused has been withheld as he is a minor.

Delano’s body was found under a tree after he failed to return home from playing with friends.

His throat was slashed.