DNA links slain sex offender to murdered Trelawny girl
Forensic tests have linked Delroy Coke to the death of 10-year-old Shani Coke. DNA evidence was recovered from the child's body and matched to the convicted sexual offender. The child's body was found in Troy, Trelawny, in July. Following that discovery, a mob killed the man. Superintendent Germaine Anglin confirmed the match to the press.
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.