THE KENNARD CHONG STORY

THE FIANCE SAYS …………….A woman whose fiance, a cop, has died under questionable circumstances is insisting that the cop killed himself. Special Constable, Kennard Chong, on January 13 reportedly took his life, at the St. Andrew home, he shared with his fianceé, also a police officer. Chong’s family and some community members from Woodford and Jacks Hill in St. Andrew, continue to raise questions, about whether it was an act of suicide, or murder. Chong would have turned 24, and his fiancée, Diana Dean, says she was there when he killed himself. Ms. Dean spoke to Irie FM News this morning (January 22) after reports emerged in the media, also raising questions, about the death. Chong and dean had planned to marry next month, and now questions have been raised about his death as its being alleged that he committed suicide. Reports are that a special constable was found dead at his home. Its reported that he had been shot. Police have not issued an official statement on the incident. The couple had planned their wedding for February 24, a day before Ms. Dean was to celebrate her 25th birthday. But, everything changed when special constable Chong’s life ended on Sunday, January 13. Dean says it was suicide, and she had no reason to want to kill the man she loved. She said they had an argument, and she told him she was ending the relationship. She claimed that he held her by the neck in the bathroom and that she walked away again answering yes to his question about whether the wedding was off. Then, she said, she heard an explosion. Dean says at the time of the incident, it was her, her 6 year old son and Chong who were inside the house in Jacks Hill. Dean who is trying to cope with the loss of her fiancé, also has to deal with the public making allegations and passing judgement through various social network sites.

HOWEVER, THE FAMILY SAYS ………..But even as the police carry out their probe, the family of the 23-year-old cop is adamant that he would never end his life. “He had no reason to commit suicide – none at all,” said family members and friends. When The Sunday Gleaner team visited the family last week, grief hung heavy like a mango tree laden with unripe fruit. The family members pointed to several questions they want answered before they accept that the man who had set his sights on leading the police intelligence unit would kill himself. “Why would somebody who is right-handed shoot himself in the left side of his neck?” asked one family member as he pointed to where the single bullet wound was found on Chong’s body. “Without any knowledge of these things, logically, if you right-handed, don’t the bullet should be on the right side of the body, or even in the front of the face? Why would he twist him hand so to shoot himself on the left side?,” added the family member who asked not to be named. The family members are also asking questions about who took the injured Chong to the hospital. The official report was that he was taken to the hospital by a woman who was in the building at the time of the incident, but the family members say they have been told that a man was also in the car when it arrived at the hospital. “Less than a hour before we get the news that him kill himself, him did call and say him coming for dinner. That time him did upbeat and happy,” claimed a family member. The grief of the family members was compounded on Monday when the woman who was Chong’s main caregiver after his mother migrated collapsed and died hours after leaving the hospital where he had been taken. Merna Bennett, who the special constable called ‘Auntie’, saw him take his last breath at the University Hospital of the West Indies before he died. Overcome with the weight of grief, the woman who was not yet 60 years old, gave up on life, family members said. So in 24 hours, Linton Chong lost his only child and his sister-in-law. “If I knew my son would die, I would take his place. I would give anything to be in his place,” the special constable’s father told The Sunday Gleaner. “I just have this burning feeling inside, and I can’t explain the pain. I can’t tell you how it feels. He was my only son, my only child,” said a broken Linton Chong as he placed his hand over his heart. The special constable would have been 24 years old on Tuesday, with his planned wedding being less than two months away. Those who knew him said he had a strong sense of family.

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