The homicide count this year moved to 22 with the stabbing death of a man in Kingstown.
Police have launched an investigation into the stabbing death of Dexter Weekes, a 49-year-old resident of New Montrose, who died at 7:20 a.m., Saturday.
Police received reports that Weekes was stabbed to the left side of his chest shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday.
He was rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital where he died.
A man is in custody assisting the police with the investigation.
A post-mortem examination will be carried on the body.
It came three days after Barnet Junior McKie, 24, unemployed of Belvedere was found dead in that community.
Police said he died at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday night.
Reports are that the deceased sustained a gunshot wound, police say.
Police are also investigating the death of William Jacobs, 50, a labourer of Peruvian Vale, which occurred at Peruvian Vale, between 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 and 9 a.m. on Oct. 9.
Reports are that the body of the deceased was discovered lying on the beach.
Sad to say, many Vincentians rejoice when they hear about these deaths, claiming it rids our land of the scum of the earth while making the country safer for the living.
Several years ago, a well known professional made the same claim to me. A couple of years later, he himself was murdered. His assailant was never aprehended.
Which leads me to my point: what good is it when one criminal kills another criminal or even a law-abiding person?
Our incompetent, lazy, indifferent, poorly movitated and training so-called police force have much to answer for in being inable to solve or produce the evidence necessary for convictions in many of the murders in a 2×4 country where every knows and macoes everyone else.
In many cases, there are a good list of suspects and possible informants. After a short time, the investigation is halted. The inability of the police to do proper investigations speaks for itself and contradicts the laughable assertion that we live in a “police state”.