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10-year-old boy drowns in Manchester
Monday, December 03, 2012 | 10:33 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The police are investigating the alleged drowning of a ten-year-old in Manchester over the weekend.
Damaine Findley of Scott’s Town, Greenvale, in the parish was found unconscious in an abandoned water tank.
Damaine left home for an undisclosed location at about 11:30am on Saturday, reports say. He was reported missing to the Mandeville Police Station by his mother when he did not return home.
A passerby later discovered Damaine in the tank.
The police were summoned and he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
 
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