ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Against the backdrop of Saturday’s deadly family dispute in Stephenson Town, near Southfield in St Elizabeth, head of the parish’s police division Superintendent Coleridge Minto is urging people to amicably resolve conflict.

He also reminded the public that the parish has a domestic violence intervention centre located in Santa Cruz.

“We have had 14 murders since the start of this year. Just about 60 per cent of the murders are attributed to what we call interpersonal and in some cases domestic violence. The most recent murder stems from a family dispute. I continue to speak to persons in the parish that the division has a domestic violence intervention centre, it is located in Santa Cruz right at the police station and so persons who have conflicts, disputes that they are unable to solve, we encourage them and appeal to them to seek the services of the police,” he said on Sunday in Santa Cruz.