What might have been a lover’s quarrel ended tragically yesterday for an 18-year-old when her 22-year-old boyfriend stabbed her countless times about the body in a vicious attack that left her drenched in blood.
Stacy Ann Thomas called `Black girl’ of Back Circle, East Ruimveldt was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital around 10 am. Her attacker, who had fled the house located at Cowan and Duke streets, Kingston where the incident occurred, turned himself in at the Fort Wellington Police Station, West Berbice several hours later. He was in the company of a relative who is a supernumerary constable.
Reports reaching this newspaper are that when Thomas arrived at the hospital her lifeless body was covered in blood and there were countless stab wounds particularly to her upper body. There was a gaping cut on her neck.
Wails erupted at the hospital when relatives turned up on hearing of the incident. Relatives told the media of incidents where the man behind the gruesome crime displayed possessive and aggressive behaviour. They said that they had urged the woman to end the relationship with him and she had promised to do so. It is unclear whether she did fulfill that pledge and questions have been raised about her presence at the house.
The woman’s sister said that she last saw her alive and well when she left her home around 8 yesterday morning.
Thomas’ cousin Keisha English said that the victim and attacker had been together for over a year. With tears running down her cheeks, English said that her cousin who is the eldest of three siblings was working but her job was put on hold so she dedicated her time to taking care of her three siblings since their mother is dead.
“I can’t believe that my cousin gone so soon”, she said adding that it was only on January 1st that she celebrated her eighteenth birthday.
The woman described Thomas as an easy going person who was very affectionate.
English recalled many instances when the attacker exhibited his aggressive side in front of her. She told the media that one day he boxed her several times and she stepped in but he told her that she doesn’t know what Thomas does to him.
“He like fire he hand”, she said before telling reporters that about two days ago he promised never to hit Thomas again after she got the police involved. She opined that if she had not given him a chance, she would have been alive today.
English later said that earlier this month, the woman had attempted to end the relationship but her boyfriend would not accept it.
She said that it was only on Saturday that he turned up at her home looking for Thomas and begged her to tell him where she was. “Black girl was so innocent, why she had to dead so fast”, she said amidst tears. English said that the last time she saw her alive was last Friday.
Stabroek News was also told that the premises where the incident occurred is owned by the attacker’s brother and he only gets the house keys when the brother is in the country.
English said that the attacker’s nephew who is close to the family contacted relatives and delivered the sad news.
This newspaper understands that all the damage was confined to the left side of Thomas’s body.
As the police began their investigations yesterday morning, their task was made a bit easier when they received information from their counterparts in Berbice that the suspect had turned himself in.
This newspaper understands that the man went to a relative’s home in West Berbice and that the relative who is a supernumerary constable took him to the Fort Wellington Police Station where he was handed over to ranks.
Arrangements were then made to have the man transported to Police Headquarters, Eve Leary to assist with investigations.
