Police today said that the Fitz Randolph Josiah was earlier in the day charged with the murder of his stepdaughter and made his first court appearance at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.
According to a press release the 63-year-old of Plastic City, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara appeared before Magistrate Sherdell Isaacs-Marcus and was remanded to prison until May 31.
Josiah is alleged to have stabbed Fenella Samuels, 14, multiple times during an argument at their home. During the incident the teen’s mother was also injured.
Josiah fled the scene but was later apprehended.