On Thursday, September 26, family and friends of Justina Hunt experienced her birth date for the first time in 47 years without her. Justina Hunt, better known Dominga in St. Martin, was born in the Dominican Republic on September 26, 1972. Justina “Dominga” was murdered in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, on August 10, 2019. She was 46. Her son Christian Marcelino Martes and daughter Megan Leah Hunt survive the late Justina. The deceased also left to mourn her mother, Santa Mercedes; her sisters Cristina, Andrea, and Yenny in St. Martin, and her brother Wilfredo in the USA. “Dominga was my very close friend. She arrived in St. Martin from Santo Domingo in 1989, and left for St. Thomas in 2001. I missed her then; missing her now is like a nightmare,” said Zoila Meran Carlucci. “Dominga was a happy woman who loved life. She loved her family very much and always enjoyed a good time with her friends. Imagine the pain that her mother, children, sisters and brother are going through every day and now to remember her so soon on the day that she should be celebrating her 47th birthday,” said Zoila. “I also remember Dominga as a hard working woman. She was a loving mother to her children,” said Zoila, who now lives in the USA. When Justina Dominga went to St. Thomas in 2001, it was to attend family matters on behalf of her late father, Andrés Hunt, and she decided to stay there, said Zoila. In St. Martin, Justina Dominga worked at Robby’s Lottery and Lightning Casino between 1989 and 2001. In St. Thomas, Justina worked at a jewelry store, said her sister Andrea. The remains of the deceased were cremated in the Virgin Islands following the funeral service in August. Subsequently, a well-attended gathering in memory of Justina Dominga was held in St. Martin for family and friends, said Zoila. Justina Hunt lost her life in an alleged domestic violence-related murder. The V.I. Police Department had confirmed the August 10 murder of Justina in Bovini, St. Thomas—and that “a man known as ‘Antonio’ … classified as armed and dangerous” was “wanted in connection with the Saturday evening murder,” according to the August 11 edition of stthomassource.com.
