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Police in Jamaica have charged Lawrence Sergeant, the father of 13-year-old Santina Sergeant, with her murder. (Photo Via CMC)
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Police have charged the father of a teenage girl with her murder after her body was found in a burnt-out refrigerator, less than four days after she had been reported missing on October 6 this year.
The police said that Lawrence Sergeant, 46, who has been in custody for weeks, was charged on Wednesday, and a date for his court appearance is being finalised.
He was arrested in Old Harbour, St Catherine, four days after the charred remains of his 13-year-old daughter were found behind their home. A post-mortem confirmed that Shantina died from blunt force trauma.
Police said then that Santina Sergeant, a student of the Christiana High School, had been reported missing and that officers, while carrying out a search of the area, stumbled upon the body in an advanced state of decomposition.
She had been reported missing by her father.
