Its reported that a man killed his sister during a dispute in Thornton, St Elizabeth on Friday.
The man is now in custody being questioned by police.
Reports are that about 7pm, the siblings got into an argument at home which then got physical. Her brother used a sharp object to hit her multiple times in the head.
After the incident another family member visited the house and found her on the ground with what appeared to be her head bashed in and blood surrounding her body.
Police were alerted to the scene and she was pronounced dead on the spot.
The Deceased has been identified as 20-year-old Brittany Hicks, otherwise called ‘Britney’.
Hicks killing is the first to be recorded in St Elizabeth since 2025.