ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have launched a search for the body of a St Elizabeth woman believed to have been killed after reports that she was allegedly murdered and dumped in a river in the Lacovia area on Monday night.

The missing woman has been identified as 50-year-old Nicola Rhoden, otherwise called “Nicky”.

The woman’s spouse was rescued by the police after he was set upon by a mob in Barton Wharf, Lacovia. He was arrested and taken for medical attention as investigators probed the woman’s disappearance.