Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Cooper Street, Albouystown which occurred today at about 1 pm at her mother’s residence in ‘C’ Field Sophia.
Assistant Superintendent Singh and Inspector Smith are currently leading the investigations which have so far revealed that the woman allegedly met her demise at the hands of her ex-partner who went to her mother’s place of abode and demanded a reason from Simon as to why she no longer wanted to be with him.
A police release said that eyewitnesses related that the woman asked the suspect to leave her mother’s premises and he suddenly whipped out a knife from his pants waist and stabbed the victim in the region of her heart. The victim then ran a short distance before she collapsed.
He then dropped the knife in the yard and escaped.
Emergency Medical Technicians fromthe Alberttown Fire Station were summoned and the victim was pronounced dead by Doctor Doodnauth from Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The body was then escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting PME.
