A 16-year-old William Knibb Memorial High School student Jahmarie Reid was suspectedly killed during a shark attack at sea while he was spearfishing off the coast in Falmouth, Trelawny on Monday afternoon.
His mutilated body, with head and left hand missing, was fished from sea early Tuesday morning after he went missing on Monday afternoon.
His parents, Michael Reid and Levern Robinson were unconsolable when they received the news that the their son’s ravaged body was found in the sea, in the vicinity of the Falmouth All Age School. The boy lived with his mother in the Race Course section of Falmouth.
The fishermen who recovered the body from the sea off the coast of the fishing village disclosed that they encountered a large tiger shark as they sought to remove the body from the water.
A massive crowd gathered at the fishing village where the covered body remained in a boat under the watchful eyes of police until the arrival of undertakers.
Among the gathering was the teen’s grieving father, Michael Reid, a taxi operator.
“I can’t believe that he went to sea by himself yesterday (Monday) and that was the outcome. Sad to know. I feel so bad,” said the heartbroken father, his face contorted with grief.
The cabbie said he often discouraged his son from his spearfishing hobby.
“It is something that we argue about, we fight about. He’s not doing it for a worthy cause, he’s not doing it for needs or anything. It is what it is still. Can you believe it?” the distressed father lamented.
Jahmarie would have been going into 11th grade when school reopens in September.
The Falmouth police are investigating.