…as 9-year-old sister watches helplessly
A pregnant woman was on Thursday afternoon stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend at her mother’s home at C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Dead is 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Albouystown, Georgetown. Reports are that at about 13:00h on Wednesday, Simon’s ex-boyfriend went to the home and asked her for some water and started to demand that she tell him the reason why she ended their relationship.
Dead: 28-year-old Loretta Simon
According to reports, the woman’s younger sister, who is only nine, related that her sister told the suspect to leave her mother’s premises but he whipped out a knife from his pants waist and stabbed her in the region of her heart. As he ran away, he dropped the knife in the yard.
Police have since said that Emergency Medical Technicians from Alberttown Fire Station were summoned and the victim was pronounced dead by a doctor from Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The dead woman’s mother, Letitia Fields related that she was at work when she received a telephone call informing her that her daughter was stabbed by “Terrence”.
Wanted: Terrence Thomas, called “Oosh”
The woman related that last year the man had threatened to kill her daughter and after enduring a period of abuse at his hands she ended the relationship. She said that he even started stalking her daughter, forcing her to move in with relatives in Albouystown. Fields said that her daughter had moved on with her life and was two months pregnant for someone else. She believes that this may have triggered the murder. According to Fields, relatives were told that “Terrence” was finding out about the whereabouts of her daughter on Wednesday evening.
After being pronounced dead, Simon’s body was taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where her mother works. Police have since said that they are hunting the suspect as they await a post-mortem examination.
The C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown house where the murder occurred
Meanwhile, Police have since issued a wanted bulletin for 34-year-old Terrence Thomas called “Oosh” for questioning in relation to Simon’s murder.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Terrence Thomas is asked to contact the Police on telephone numbers 227-2603, 226-6978, 226-6221, 219-3252, 227-1149, 225-8196, 268-2328, 268-2298/2222, 226-7065, 911 or the nearest Police station.
