Body of Manchester man found hanging from tree in yard, suicide suspected
Published:Wednesday | October 8, 2025 | 1:44 PM
The Christiana police in Manchester are investigating the death of a man whose body was found hanging from a tree in his yard on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased is 29-year-old farmer Orlando Delroy Murray of Carter district in Craighead.
The police say the matter is being treated as a suspected case of suicide.
The police report that about 1:55 p.m., persons discovered the body and called the police.
Upon arrival, Murray's body was found hanging by a sheet around the neck from a pimento tree in his yard.
The scene was processed and the body was removed to the Percy Junor Hospital.
- Rasbert Turner
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