The body of Acassia Porter was discovered Monday evening by a family member in the home she shared with her young son, off Carmichael Road.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old mother was found hanging by a leather belt from the ceiling in a bedroom.<\/p>\n
She was taken to hospital by ambulance but pronounced dead on arrival.<\/p>\n
People close to Ms Porter said she appeared stressed lately and that she had recently broke off an engagement.<\/p>\n
Newspapers reported that the young woman left a suicide note but police were reluctant to confirm that detail.<\/p>\n
Police said they will wait for the results of a coroner’s report before officially classifying Ms Porter’s death. However, officials say the evidence strongly suggests a suicide.<\/p>\n
This is the third suicide of a Bahamian woman this year. Until this year, suicide in The Bahamas was quite rare.<\/p>\n
Just last month, 51-year-old Deborah Smith, a mother of five, committed suicide.\u00a0 She was found hanging by strips of cloth tied to a wooden beam in the home she shared with her elderly father.<\/p>\n
In February, 18-year-old Keisha Thurston was found hanging form the rafters of an apartment she shared with her mother off McKinney Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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