Forensic tests link mob-killed man to body of murdered 10-y-o Shani Coke in Trelawny – Police

A DNA breakthrough has brought the police closer to unravelling what happened to 10-year-old Shani Coke, whose death sparked outrage and deadly mob violence in Troy, Trelawny, in July.

Forensic tests have confirmed that DNA recovered from the child's body matches that of Delroy Coke, the convicted sexual offender who was beaten to death by a mob hours after Shani's body was discovered.

The findings were confirmed to The Gleaner by Superintendent Germaine Anglin, crime officer for the Jamaica Constabulary Force's Area One Division.