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Man kills mother of six, survives suicide attempt
(Kaieteur News) – An 18-year common-law relationship and alleged years of abuse ended in tragedy on Sunday after a welder reportedly stabbed his reputed wife to death at Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
Dead is 39-year-old Caslene Toney, a mother of six children aged 18, 13, 11, 10, six and three.
Hospitalised is 65-year-old Maurice Hughes, a welder who allegedly attempted to turn the knife on himself after the attack.
Reports indicate that Toney was found lying in a pool of blood at her home sometime after 06:00 hrs by her sister.
Stabbed to death by her reputed husband, Caslene Toney
The sister told investigators that the suspect had gone to her home around 06:06 hrs and called out for her. When she looked outside, she reportedly saw him walking away into the Long Creek backlands with a knife in his hand.
Realising that something was wrong, the woman rushed to Toney’s home where she discovered her body.
Toney was found lying near the front steps under the house.
Police were immediately summoned, and investigators observed that the body bore 12 stab wounds.
According to police, the wounds were located below the left breast, to the right breast, to both sides of the chin, the right side of the neck, twice to the back of the neck, three times to the upper right back, once to the middle of the lower back and once to the right armpit.
Investigators also recovered a blood-stained brown-handled knife, suspected to be the murder weapon, a short distance from the body.
Undertakers later removed Toney’s body from the scene and transported it to Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, while police launched an investigation.
Acting on information received, police later located the suspect in the Long Creek backlands.
Ranks found him armed with a knife and noted that he had sustained several injuries. Police said he was threatening to take his own life, but officers managed to restrain him and confiscate the weapon.
He was subsequently taken to McKenzie Hospital, where he was treated for a major stab wound to the centre of his abdomen and multiple lacerations to his body.
Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
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