Antigua has recorded its first homicide for 2019.
On Thursday police said they responded to a report of an alleged suicide in Freeman’s Village.
The victim, Nicoma McFarlane, 25, was transported to the Mount St John’s Medical Centre via the Emergency Medical Services.
McFarlane, a Jamaican national residing in Freeman’s Village with her mother was suspected of ingesting Clorox, police said.
She arrived at the hospital unresponsive and was pronounced dead.
Police say they now have reason to believe McFarlane was murdered and her death has been ruled a homicide.
