Woman stabs man to death
By VASHTEE ACHIBAR
Wednesday, February 27 2013
GRIEVING
relatives of Akins Tannis, 31, who was stabbed to death by a woman on
Monday night, yesterday demanded justice. Speaking at the family’s Ste
Madeleine home, relatives insisted that the real story is not being
told and Akins was being painted as the aggressor while his killer, is
being made to look like the victim. A 26-year-old woman is in custody
assisting police in their investigations.
Relatives
said that the woman who stabbed Akins, father of a five-year-old girl,
was the aggressor who had a history of quarrels with him and recently,
smashed his cellphone at their home because he was speaking to his
daughter’s mother.
San Fernando police were called to Chishlon Street off Chacon Street San Fernando after receiving a report that a man was stabbed. Relatives of the woman told police that Akins and the woman were arguing and during a struggle, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him once in the neck.
Police said that Akins went to the home of the woman at 10.30 pm on Monday and an hour later he was stabbed. Akins was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital where he died three hours later.
WPC Knight and Constable Ogunsheye of the San Fernando Police Station went to the scene and later detained the young woman. A party of officers from the Southern Homicide Investigations Bureau led by Insp Noel visited the scene along with officers of the Crime Scenes Unit.
Akins’ older brother Kirby Kern Tannis, 34, said his brother was at home with him when sometime after 9 pm, he (the deceased) received a call from a woman asking if he was was still passing by her. Tannis said his brother soon left. He also claimed that his brother and that woman regularly argued with each other.
Tannis said that at 2.14 am yesterday, hospital officials called the family informing them that Akins had been stabbed. With tears in his eyes, Tannis said that when he and other relatives rushed over to the hospital, his brother was already dead.
“There is a big stab wound to the neck, the doctor said the knife severed an artery and he lost a lot of blood. I want the truth. I am hearing so many different versions of what happened. Above all, I want justice for my brother. He was a very quiet person. He was a good brother. He was a very neat person,” Tannis cried.
Akins’ uncle, Eric Tannis wept yesterday as he spoke about his newphew. “We were close, he and I. He was my sister’s son and I loved him as if he were mine,” Tannis said. He said that shortly before he got the news that Akins was dead, he (Eric) saw a dead butterfly on his (the victim) bed.
“It was a sign. He was real cool. That woman gone and kill my sister’s child,” Tannis cried.
Akins’ mother and his two sisters, who live in the United States, are expected in the country later this week with the funeral set for next week. PC Ramkumar is investigating.
San Fernando police were called to Chishlon Street off Chacon Street San Fernando after receiving a report that a man was stabbed. Relatives of the woman told police that Akins and the woman were arguing and during a struggle, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him once in the neck.
Police said that Akins went to the home of the woman at 10.30 pm on Monday and an hour later he was stabbed. Akins was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital where he died three hours later.
WPC Knight and Constable Ogunsheye of the San Fernando Police Station went to the scene and later detained the young woman. A party of officers from the Southern Homicide Investigations Bureau led by Insp Noel visited the scene along with officers of the Crime Scenes Unit.
Akins’ older brother Kirby Kern Tannis, 34, said his brother was at home with him when sometime after 9 pm, he (the deceased) received a call from a woman asking if he was was still passing by her. Tannis said his brother soon left. He also claimed that his brother and that woman regularly argued with each other.
Tannis said that at 2.14 am yesterday, hospital officials called the family informing them that Akins had been stabbed. With tears in his eyes, Tannis said that when he and other relatives rushed over to the hospital, his brother was already dead.
“There is a big stab wound to the neck, the doctor said the knife severed an artery and he lost a lot of blood. I want the truth. I am hearing so many different versions of what happened. Above all, I want justice for my brother. He was a very quiet person. He was a good brother. He was a very neat person,” Tannis cried.
Akins’ uncle, Eric Tannis wept yesterday as he spoke about his newphew. “We were close, he and I. He was my sister’s son and I loved him as if he were mine,” Tannis said. He said that shortly before he got the news that Akins was dead, he (Eric) saw a dead butterfly on his (the victim) bed.
“It was a sign. He was real cool. That woman gone and kill my sister’s child,” Tannis cried.
Akins’ mother and his two sisters, who live in the United States, are expected in the country later this week with the funeral set for next week. PC Ramkumar is investigating.
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