Junior Halley, 50, a businessman of Mahaicony is to appear in court tomorrow to answer a charge of murder, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has said. Halley’s wife, Kim Halley, 46, was discovered dead in a room at the Alpha Hotel, Lot 2 Public Road, Ogle, East Coast Demerara on Thursday, shortly after the couple had checked in there.
Blanhum told Stabroek News yesterday that investigators will be seeking legal advice at the earliest opportunity concerning the death of Kim Halley and that the suspect will be arraigned tomorrow.
According to reports, the Halleys checked into the hotel on Thursday around 13:45 hours and were given room 235. Around 14:30 hours, hotel staff said they heard screams coming from the room. Approximately 15 minutes later, the man left the hotel. Staff then discovered the door to the room ajar and found the woman lying motionless on the bed, facing upwards and partially clothed. The matter was reported to the police and EMTs were summoned. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Kim Halley, a businesswoman and mother of three children, of Lamaha Park, Georgetown, had sustained 13 stab wounds to her face, hands and body and a wound to her neck. The bed was soaked in blood. A knife handle without a blade was next to her body on the bed. The blade was subsequently found in her hair, covered in blood.
Kim Halley’s sister, Gale Harris, told Stabroek News that her brother-in-law, while condemning violence against women and war, as a result of which she had held great respect for him, turned out to be abusive to her sister. Harris added that her sister relocated to Georgetown two months ago because of the abuse.
