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DNA links slain sex offender to murdered Trelawny girl

Nov 13, 2026 · Janet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

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WESTERN BUREAU: DNA evidence recovered from the body of 10-year-old Shani Coke has been matched to Delroy Coke, the convicted sexual offender killed by a mob following the discovery of the child’s body in Troy, Trelawny, in July. Superintendent Germaine Anglin, crime officer for the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Area One, confirmed to The Gleaner that forensic tests have established a DNA match between Coke and samples collected from the child.

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