‘His heart was broken’

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Kevin JacksonJournalist at Jamaica Observer

September 10, 2026

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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Aston Coke, the father of slain 10-year-old Shani Coke, died Thursday morning at the Percy Junor Hospital after suffering from a prolonged illness.

It comes just under two weeks after his daughter was laid to rest.

Her partially nude body was found with her throat slashed on July 21. Her murder rocked the usually quiet community of Tyre in Troy, Trelawny.

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