San Juan man murdered

WHAT at first was a serious wounding, in which a San Juan man was stabbed yesterday morning, turned into a murder when the victim succumbed to his injuries at hospital yesterday evening.

Marlon Matthews, 20, of Maitagual, San Juan was reportedly stabbed near a poultry depot at First Street, San Juan yesterday morning during an altercation with another man. Although bleeding quite badly and in a semiconscious state, Matthews arrived at Port-of-Spain General Hospital alive and underwent emergency surgery. He was later warded. Police sources reported to Newsday that around 3.30 pm, Matthews slipped into a coma and later died. His body was removed from the ward and taken to the nearby mortuary. An autopsy will be done today at the Forensic Sciences Centre. Matthews was the third person murdered in separate incidents in Maraval, Laventille and San Juan between Wednesday and yesterday. Up to late yesterday evening, a team of North-Eastern Division detectives led by Snr Supt Desmond Lambert and including Insp Dave Hilaire and Cpl Thomas were on the scene continuing investigations.