Wife of former Rose Hall mayor dies after brutalized by bandits

Veronica Hendrax

Veronica Hendrax, wife of former Rose Hall Town mayor William Hendrax died yesterday at the New Amsterdam hospital.

The 79-year-old woman, who had been brutalised by bandits who broke into the couple’s home and robbed them, died around 08:15 hrs yesterday. According to her daughter Ursula Fraser, they were waiting to see a doctor, when the matron of the hospital came and told her and her husband that her mother had passed away.