Jamaica reports 2 from U.S. slain

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican police said Sunday that two U.S. missionaries were found slain in a rural area of the Caribbean island that has long struggled with high rates of violent crime.

In a statement, the Jamaica Constabulary Force identified the two men as Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols,

  1. Their battered bodies were found in bushes in separate areas of St. Mary Parish.

Police did not provide hometowns for the victims. Hentzel’s Facebook page said he was from Donnellson, Iowa. Nichols’ hometown was not immediately clear.

Both missionaries lived and worked in Jamaica for a Pennsylvania-based religious organization called Teams for Medical Missions.

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