Villagers detained for man’s killing

Police went to the homes of the suspects shortly after 9 am yesterday.

The suspects, 21 and 23, live at Spring Trace and Fanny Village in Point Fortin respectively.

Up to late yesterday a party of police including Insp Corrie, Sgt Haynes and Cpl Bhajan were interviewing the two. On Monday at about 2 pm, a friend went to Fortune’s home only to find a section of his house at Ibis Street in Fanny Village, burnt. When she entered the bedroom, the woman saw Fortune’s partially burnt body under a mattress and contacted police.

Police said the house was ransacked.

It is believed Fortune fought with his attackers and was beaten, stabbed and then set on fire. Fortune, a retiree of the Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Ministry’s Forestry Division lived alone.

An autopsy confirmed Fortune died of multiple stabs and blunt force trauma.