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'I attempted suicide three times'– Jacqueline E. Vanterpool
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI – She is one of the most pleasant police officers in the Virgin Islands, and she remains that way despite moving up the ranks and now being a Deputy Commissioner of Police. However, little does one know that Ms Jacqueline E. Vanterpool faced a life of being forced into a career she did not want based on the wishes of her mother and she soon fell into depression and even attempted suicide multiple times.
Man found dead in Carrot Bay in suspected suicide
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- More information reaching our news centre from senior law enforcement officials is that a man has been found dead in Carrot Bay, Tortola, today, February 5, 2021.
Jeffery E. Epstein found dead in cell, suicide suspected
VI CONSORTIUM
MANHATTAN, New York, USA - Jeffery E. Epstein, the billionaire with deep ties in the US Virgin Islands facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found dead in his cell, Today, August 10, 2019, multiple U.S. and international news media organisations, including BBC and ABC News, have reported.
Man attempts suicide in RT Police Station
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A man in custody of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), attempted to take his own life using a belt, in a Road Town Police Station cell, on Friday, June 22, 2018, sometime between 4:30 PM and 5:00 PM.
Suicide reported at Lindberg Bay beach in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
LINDBERG BAY, ST Thomas, USVI - A man is said to have hanged himself at the Lindberg Bay Beach early Tuesday morning, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Media Specialist, Sakeeda Freeman has announced.
Murder accused Vernon Bernard attempts suicide
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Dominica national Vernon Bernard, 26, who is one of two persons charged with the murder of Virgin Islander Trumayne J. Daway, attempted to take his own life while in police custody on Tuesday March 6, 2018.
UPDATE - Man found hanging identified as Luvan D. Francis aka 'Dust'
MAYABA, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can confirm that the young man who was found hanging in a shed near his home in Mayaba in the North Western side of Tortola last night August 2, 2017, is Luvan D. Francis aka 'Dust.'
McDonald’s robbery suspect committed suicide- USVI police
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— The 17-year-old suspect who died during the March 25 Lockhart Gardens McDonald’s attempted robbery and hostage incident — identified as Juan De Dios, who was a 10th grade student at the Charlotte Amalie High School — committed suicide, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced Monday April 24, 2017.
Williams displayed high level of depression prior to death- HMP source
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI – Information from our sources in the Her Majesty’s Prison at Balsam Ghut is that Treh Williams was displaying a high level of depression hours before he was found hanging in his cell.
UPDATE: Treh Williams found dead in cell @HMP
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- It was sometime after 4:00 PM on March 21, 2017 that inmate Treh Williams was found unconscious in his cell at the state-owned penitentiary at Balsam Ghut on the main island of Tortola.
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