Screams erupted at the home of 44-year-old Nicola Sueanna Wilson, a mother of four and the owner of Blue Flame snackette that is located at Vreed-en-Hoop on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD), after her lifeless and bloody body was left lying on her stairway by her boyfriend who brutally stabbed her to death before making his escape.
Dead: Sueanna Wilson
Family and friends flocked the woman’s Lot 57 D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown home on Saturday evening in disbelief at her sudden and brutal death.
The suspect is said to be Lawrence Brummell, a plumber who shared a relationship with the woman for over 10 years.
After committing the act, the man reportedly left the scene and drank a poisonous substance. He is presently hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
While details remain sketchy as to what led to the woman’s death, her 14-year-old son who witnessed the incident said he heard his mother scream and when he went to investigate, he saw the suspect choking her.
The teenager recalled that the man then whipped out a knife and stabbed Wilson in the region of her heart and face. The teen also told the media that the suspect oftentimes hit his mother.
Suspect: Lawrence Brummell
Other relatives who were at the scene on Saturday said the teen tried to save his mother, but the suspect attempted to harm him too, and he had to retreat.
Another eyewitness, a neighbour, related to reporters at the scene that he was at home when he heard screams and upon going into the yard next door, he saw the suspect stabbing the woman.
According to the neighbour, the knife was left in the woman’s chest as she collapsed on the veranda of the house. The suspect then went into his car and drove away.
The neighbour further stated that the woman had just returned home when an argument ensued between her and the boyfriend. The neighbour claimed the suspect was accusing the woman of infidelity.
Another relative who was at the scene also told Guyana Times that Wilson and Brummell were at church early on Saturday and seemed quite okay.
Her sister, Sony Wilson, related that she is still in shock and cannot come to grips with her sister’s death. She said on Saturday she travelled from Berbice, Region Six (East-Berbice Corentyne), to celebrate a younger sister’s birthday and was at the celebration waiting to surprise her now dead sister.
“We were there waiting on her [Sueanna] to come over. I didn’t call her phone I said I will wait until she come and surprise her. That is all I know about the situation … my sister leave and went to the shop and come back and she told me that they just get a phone call that my sister has been stabbed,” the woman explained.
Sueanna’s body being removed from the home
The dead woman’s sister said she immediately left the party and went to the scene, where she found her sister’s motionless body lying on the veranda.
“I don’t know of them having any problems, he is always calm when he coming to Berbice… we don’t get problem with him. I own him as my brother-in-law and I always call him brods so I know nothing about any problem…”, she said.
Sony said based on how her sister was dressed, it appears as though she was already dressed to attend her sister’s birthday party.
“This will affect us very bad because this year will be the second year since our mother passed away in that same house and I was there with her…this is kind of a shock and a blow because she promised that she was going to come up Sunday coming to tile mommy tomb for Mother’s Day,” Sony explained.
The suspect’s condition remains unclear. Investigations are ongoing.
