07-05-2018, 10:34 AM
Technically - he did drown. My people there now tell me it was murder. The Jamaican newspaper, as usual, was wrong that his "head was bashed in"...he was beaten but his head was not "bashed in". I have also been given some background information as to the "why" he was beaten that I will not share online.
Anyone who knew Bentley knows that he was a tortured soul who struggled with mental illness pretty much his entire life. In recent years that struggle became increasingly worse. For me the silver lining to this tragedy is that he is no longer tortured. I truly hope he is resting in PEACE.
Mental Illness goes unrecognized and pretty much untreated in Jamaica. People with mental illness are generally shunned (at beat) and treated badly in various degrees. The worst fate for people there is to be mentally ill. We think the improper treatment and acknowledgement of mental illness in the US is bad - and it is - but its a party compared to what people suffer with in Jamaica.
As far as the dot-com is concerned it does not surprise me at all that the events surrounding Bentley's death are being shrouded - its the way they roll. However, people lose sight of the fact that a man is dead, a man who touched many lives there, especially tourists - and that's the story, not the manner of death.
Anyone who knew Bentley knows that he was a tortured soul who struggled with mental illness pretty much his entire life. In recent years that struggle became increasingly worse. For me the silver lining to this tragedy is that he is no longer tortured. I truly hope he is resting in PEACE.
Mental Illness goes unrecognized and pretty much untreated in Jamaica. People with mental illness are generally shunned (at beat) and treated badly in various degrees. The worst fate for people there is to be mentally ill. We think the improper treatment and acknowledgement of mental illness in the US is bad - and it is - but its a party compared to what people suffer with in Jamaica.
As far as the dot-com is concerned it does not surprise me at all that the events surrounding Bentley's death are being shrouded - its the way they roll. However, people lose sight of the fact that a man is dead, a man who touched many lives there, especially tourists - and that's the story, not the manner of death.