Schoolboy to be buried today

The 23-year-old woman who was detained in connection with the stabbing death of 14-year-old Tranquillity Secondary School student George Junior Langford, was released from police custody yesterday.

Newsday learned that Director of Public Prosecutions Geoffrey Henderson ordered the release of the woman who was detained since Tuesday. Investigators were instructed by the DPP to carry out further investigations into the stabbing death and then return to him for further directions in the matter. Police sources said yesterday that three women who were initially interviewed by the police and gave statements, failed to show up at the Port-of-Spain CID on Thursday, to have what is termed as a “verification”. Investigators yesterday sought advice from the DPP who gave instructions to have the suspect released.

Around midday yesterday, the woman walked out of the Port-of-Spain CID a free woman. When she was arrested on Tuesday by Cpl Stephen Grant of the Woodbrook Police Station, the woman denied having any knowledge about the murder. Langford of Nizam Avenue, El Socorro, told relatives that he was going to cricket practice at the Queens Park Oval last Wednesday. He reportedly had an argument with a woman at the corner of Roberts and Alfredo Streets, Woodbrook, around 10 pm last Wednesday. Langford reportedly slapped a woman who pulled out an ice-pick and stabbed Langford once on the left side of the heart. He died shortly after. Langford will be buried today following a funeral service at Simpson’s Funeral Chapel.