Police collar main suspect in Barbara Gayle murder
Journalist Barbara Gayle at a recent Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Veteran’s Luncheon held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew.
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December 18, 2024

Police collar main suspect in Barbara Gayle murder

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The main suspect in the murder of veteran journalist Barbara Gayle is now in police custody.

Observer Online understands that the man was found hiding in bushes in St Catherine.

Gayle’s body was found at her Caymanas Country Club Estate home in St Catherine on Tuesday morning.

READ: Former Gleaner reporter Barbara Gayle found dead at home

She had been stabbed multiple times and had been bludgeoned. Her motor vehicle and phone were missing.

READ: Slain journalist Barbara Gayle’s vehicle found in Portmore

Police said she was last seen talking to a man at her home on Monday afternoon.

On Wednesday morning, police found her Mercedes Benz GLE motor vehicle on Dyke Road in Portmore, St Catherine just a few kilometres from Gayle’s home.

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