Rasbert Turner, STAR Writer

It was not showers of blessing for the family and friends of 12-year-old Romario Royes after he is believed to have taken his own life because someone let his pet pigeon free.

The suspected case of suicide occurred in the Lakes Pen community outside Spanish Town, St. Catherine some time after 6:00 p.m., moments after the 12-year-old had a disagreement about the release of his pigeon.

Although information is sketchy, it is said that the bird was released and Royes, who was a student at the Kensingston Primary School was not pleased.

Moments after he left his house, he was found hanging from a nearby Noni tree.

It is said that his results in his recent school examinations would have landed him at the Waterford High School in September.

This is a transition that his relatives will never see, and the police in Spanish Town said they were doing further investigations to ascertain what caused the child to hang himself.

Meanwhile, his mother was too distraught to speak with THE STAR and had to be held up by loved ones who kept a close watch on her while they gave the sad details at the Spanish Town Police Station.