MAN FROM ST JAMES WAS STAYING IN BROWN’S TOWN
BROWN’S TOWN, St Ann; June 11, 2026
A man who is said to have been a suspect in the disappearance of a woman took his own life in Brown’s Town, St Ann, Thursday morning, June 11, 2026.
Dead is Alphanso Fennell, a 50-year-old loss prevention officer of Cambridge, St James.
According to reports to the North Coast Times, Fennell travelled to St Ann on Wednesday and was staying with a friend in Standfast, Brown’s Town.
(Kedecia McLeod)
Reports are that about 6 a.m. Thursday, Fennell was out on the veranda at the friend’s house and then went outside the building when explosions were heard.
Police who were close by, going on an operation, responded to the explosions and saw Fennell on the ground, with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head. A Glock pistol was seen lying beside him.
He was pronounced dead at hospital.
Police say, according to their reports, Fennell related to his friend that he was experiencing issues involving a female.
Other reports said police in Manchester had called Fennel asking him to come into a station there on Wednesday. That’s after a 40-year-old pharmacy technician, Kedecia McLeod, was reported missing. Fennel was said to have been among the last people to see her before she disappeared.
Reports Thursday morning said a body believed to be that of Ms McLeod was discovered on the roadway in St Elizabeth.
Police have not made any statement connecting Fennel to McLeod or her disappearance.
