[Sharleen]

Well, this is pretty creepy - apparently a guy from New Jersey who was staying in Zion Hill in Portland got his head bashed in yesterday and died.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/US-man-found-in-Portland-with-head-bashed-in

[rootswoman]

Oh gosh, that is very creepy.

My heart aches for his family - I wonder if they will ever know what happened.

[Schuttzie]

Oh, my goodness how awful!  My condolences to his family

[suzengrace]

where is zion hill located in Portland???   Terrible thing to happen...poor guy..

[TAH]

Guys, this kind of thing can happen anywhere. Right? RIGHT? 
He probably just wasn't sleeping carefully enough. 

[Westenders]

(03-18-2015, 05:35 PM)TAH Wrote:  Guys, this kind of thing can happen anywhere. Right? RIGHT? 
He probably just wasn't sleeping carefully enough. 

But We don't  know the circumstances ....he could have been involved in anything.

Some people go there and live by the sword etc..

Let's wait for more details 

[rastagirl777]

"Guys, this kind of thing can happen anywhere. Right? RIGHT?"

RIGHT!!!!!

"A Canadian man was found beaten to death on a beach at the Mexican resort of Los Cabos on Wednesday. Prosecutors in the state of Baja California Sur said the 50-year-old man appeared to have been beaten with a blunt object. The prosecutors' office said the cause of death was severe head trauma and a skull fracture. Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development declined to confirm the man's identity or hometown, or confirm the circumstances of the death. His body was found on the El Tule beach, midway between the twin resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. Last week, a 35-year-old Canadian woman died off Cabo San Lucas when a surfacing whale crashed into the side of the boat she was travelling in. Also Wednesday, the Mexican navy said it had found a boat stolen during a mass robbery of tourists on an island off the nearby city of La Paz last week. The boat was abandoned in an area of mangroves near La Paz. On March 14, a group of armed men arrived at the island of Espiritu Santo aboard a boat and stole the belongings of a group of mainly foreign tourists on a day trip to the island. The thieves also stole one of the boats the tourists had arrived in. The navy said it was stepping up patrols in the area "to prevent incidents like this." The Associated Press, 2015"

AND....RIGHT!!!!

[Westenders]

And also the 12  tourists shot in tunisia on Tuesday ....
And the Brit executed in Miami in jan ...
sadly it does happen everywhere !

[TAH]

Well, Cabo is known for being a major drug cartel corridor and has had increasing levels of violence for years now. The main tourist areas are generally considered "safe" though. 

Tunisia? I'm not even addressing that one... 

Miami is a metropolis, yet the murder rate there (per capita) is far below that of JA. 

[rootswoman]

I feel like I am watching FOX news.

http://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Mexico&country2=Jamaica

Not saying Mexico isin't dangerous but Jamaica is still not "anywhere" according to the stats. (updated Match 2015)