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On Tuesday morning, a Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) soldier was discovered dead along Kingston’s Palisadoes main road.
Sekou W. Medder, 30, at an address on Anderson Road in Kingston 5, is the person whose identity is known.
According to reports, the soldier may have killed himself.
Inside the soldier’s military Prado service car, his body was discovered unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the head.
He is holding a licensed firearm, and blood is all over his outfit.
Medder was allegedly placed on CISOCA’s watch list because he was being looked into for having a relationship with a woman when she wasn’t old enough to give consent.
Sekou Medder was also facing charges of sexual grooming and grievous sexual assault.
The child is 12 years old.
The incidents reportedly happened on July 21, 2024 and July 29, 2024.
Investigators are currently on the scene.
More details to come as this story developed.
