Update | Teen girl charged over fatal stabbing of teen boy in Portmore
Published:Friday | September 12, 2025 | 9:41 AM
The police in Portmore, St Catherine have charged the teen girl who was taken into custody over the fatal stabbing of a teen boy during a dispute in their community of Beverly Flat in Newland.
The 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder.
A court date is being arranged.
Dead is 15-year-old Duscane Elliot.
Reports from the Portmore police are that about 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 5, the teen girl went to Elliot’s home and attempted to set his clothes on fire.
An argument developed between the two, during which the accused used half of a pair of scissors to inflict a stab wound to Elliot’s chest, according to the police.
The police were summoned and Elliot was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The 14-year-old was later arrested and gave a caution statement admitting to the crime, according to the police.
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