Taxi operator charged with murder of Canadian woman

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Taxi operator charged with murder of Canadian woman

Detectives in St Ann have confirmed that the suspect who was taken into custody for the murder of a Canadian woman has now been charged. He is 32-year-old Rogen Hylton, a taxi operator of Rio Bueno in Trelawny and Salem in Runaway Bay, St Ann...

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