Man held for chopping Clarendon woman to death

The man suspected of chopping a Clarendon woman to death in Crooked River, in the parish on Monday, is now in police custody.

Police say the suspect was picked up a short while ago in Kingston by the St. Andrew Central police.

Dead is 61-year-old Sharon Cole, a caregiver of Crooked River. 

Reports from the Chapelton police are that about 5:10 p.m., Cole got into an argument with a man. 

It is alleged that the argument escalated and the man used a machete to chop Cole several times all over her body.

She was rushed to the hospital, and pronounced dead on arrival.

Investigations are ongoing.

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