Jamaica (AP) A taxi driver has been accused of raping a 12-year-old girl
and then burying her alive after he thought he had strangled her to death,
authorities said Wednesday.
Garsha Wilson faces charges including rape, abduction, attempted murder
and cruelty to a child, Deputy Police Superintendent Herfa Beckford said.
Wilson abducted the girl last month at a bus station in the capital, Kingston,
then took her to a house in nearby St. Andrew parish where he raped her
and choked her until she was unconscious, Beckford said.
Thinking she was dead, he buried her in a shallow grave and covered it with
rocks, Beckford said. The girl, who reported the alleged crime, told police she
regained consciousness and dug herself...