No charges yet for Princes Town murder

UP TO late yesterday evening, no charge had been laid against the suspect in the brutal murder of Princes Town mother of four, Juliet Victoria Cummings.

The 34-year-old suspect was held in the bushes near his Buen Intento home around noon on Sunday.  He is being detained at the Princes Town Police Station. Cummings, of Monkey Town Branch Road, was fatally attacked around 7 pm on Saturday while seated in a maxi-taxi at NIPDEC car park in Princes Town. Her attacker cornered her in the maxi-taxi and stabbed her in the head, eyes, face and arms. He then dragged the dying woman out the vehicle and slit her throat in the presence of horrified on-lookers. Police said they were still trying to find persons from the crowded car park that night who may have witnessed the murdered to get statements from them. Meanwhile, an autopsy carried out at the Forensic Sciences Centre yesterday confirmed that Cummings died of massive shock and haemorrhage consistent with multiple stab wounds. Cummings’ brother, John Gonsalves, identified the body and witnessed the autopsy. According to investigators, Cummings had recently taken out a restraining order against a male relative. Princes Town police are continuing investigations.