Overview
- Melissa Kerry Samnath, who was pronounced dead on April 29 after being taken to Cornwall Regional Hospital in St. James, suffered fatal blunt-force head trauma confirmed by a post-mortem.
- Jamaica’s police have named Dane Watson a person of interest and urged him to report to the Freeport Police Station as the search for him continues.
- Investigators traced Samnath to a Norwood residence where they reported finding blood and some of her belongings, and they reviewed footage showing a man carrying her luggage from her Airbnb.
- Police say Watson brought Samnath to Cornwall Regional Hospital and left shortly after helping her out of a vehicle, according to an official statement.
- Before she died, Samnath texted her family to call the police and to check her location at a “pink house,” and relatives have launched a GoFundMe to help with funeral and repatriation costs.