On Monday October 18th at approximately 01.20 a.m. police patrols and detectives were directed to Christiansted drive in Dutch Quarter for a stabbing. On the scene the patrols encountered the male victim with the initials
R.A.S.a.k.a. "Skinny" from Guyana who was lying on the ground and bleeding profusely from several stab wounds he had received and was not showing any signes of life.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene by the police doctor. The suspect in this case, the lady with the initials S.M.H. from Jamaica and with whom the victim had a relationship was arrested on the spot. The suspect claimed that she had a very abusive relationship with the victim who would regulary beat her. She further stated that she was threatened by the victim with a knife at which time she also took up a knife and started swinging it in the direction of the victim fataly wounding him. The body of the victim has been confiscated for further investigation. The suspect is also in custody for further investigation.