Portland businessman's wife found with throat slashed in burning car

Gareth Davis/STAR Writer

Police sources say the body of Tonia McDonald, wife of prominent Portland businessman, Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald, was discovered with her throat slashed and her body partially burned, last night.

The incident happened more than 10 kilometres from Dolphin Bay, where the woman lived.

According to the police, an alarm was raised after a burning vehicle was spotted in a secluded area in Sherwood Forest.

Firefighters rushed the scene and put out the fire amid rain.

The body was later found inside the vehicle.

The police theorise that the woman was abducted, murdered, and then the car set ablaze.

The police are investigating.

In May 2009, McDonald's first wife, Merlene, was gunned down outside her gate at Boundbrook near the entrance to Spring Bank Road.

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