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Superintendent Hopton Nicholson, head of the St. Catherine North Police and Superintendent Jacqueline Dillon, National Domestic Violence Liaison Officer at the Jamaica Constabulary Force
The St. Catherine North police have arrested a 20-year-old man for the murder of a woman who went missing two weeks ago in the community of Retreat in Glengoffe in the parish.
The body of 23-year-old Lisa Gay Cobre was found in a shallow grave in her community on Tuesday morning.
Superintendent Hopton Nicholson, head of the St. Catherine North Police, told Radio Jamaica News that the woman was reported missing on September 28.
"The police took the necessary actions which included searching areas that she frequently visited. She was not found despite efforts of the police and citizens over nine days," he said.
But on Monday, October 7, a man reported to the police in the St. Andrew North Division that the body of Ms. Cobre was buried in a shallow wave near her home in Glengoffe, St. Catherine.
The St. Catherine North Police searched the area on Tuesday and found her body in a ravine near her house.
The man who had reported her missing, a 20-year-old farmer, was arrested.
Radio Jamaica News was informed that Ms. Cobre and the suspect had a dispute.
During the dispute, she was reportedly knocked unconscious after falling and hitting her head.
It's alleged that the suspect panicked and buried her in a nearby shallow grave.
Conflict resolution
Superintendent Jacqueline Dillon, National Domestic Violence Liaison Officer at the Jamaica Constabulary Force, has expressed concern about the frequency of violent and fatal incidents among loved ones.
She urged people to find better ways to resolve conflicts.
"It's ironic that these incidents are happening so frequently and in October we recognise Domestic Violence Prevention. It is important that we look at the theme in depth because we are telling Jamaicans that there is always a better way to deal with incidents of conflicts within the family, intimate partner, persons who are related by blood, and there are so many centres island-wide that people can go for help, or to the local police, or to organisations, the churches and other groups are there to assist us," she noted.
She said almost 5,000 women have been victims in the domestic violence cases reported to the police.
But she also noted a troubling increase in the number of men who are victims of domestic violence.
Superintendent Dillon encouraged more males to report these cases to the authorities.