Concordia: --- The gendarmes have arrested a 21 year old man identified as Francois Richards for stabbing to death his best friend Lisendo Valdez Guzman (LI) 21 years old. The incident occurred just before the mid day hours in Concordia yesterday confirmed Prosecutor Jacques Louvier. SMN News understands the two friends were involved in a triangle love affair that went sour. It is said the woman in the center of the killing is a white metropolitan who have been sleeping with the two friends, while the victim was born in the Dominican Republic and the suspect a local. The killing is said to send a shock throughout the community since the two young men are known friends ever since growing up in St. Louis, Rimbaud area.
Louvier said the Valdez died on the spot from stab wounds. Valdez lives in Pic Paradis Road while the suspect and alleged friend lives in St. Louis. The stabbing incident occurred at the home of relative who lives in the Spring Concordia.
Louvier said the suspect was arrested and he is now in garde de vue as he is being interrogated. He said the suspect claimed the victim would always molest him for illicit drugs and when he smokes he would become aggressive. He said even though the suspect made these claims the investigation is still in its preliminary stages.
Louvier said the two young men had an argument which ended in a fight and stabbing which led to Valdez death.
Louvier said the incident created a panic and the brother of the victim wanted to get his hands on the killer but the gendarmes managed to arrest him before any further dispute and or killing took place.
SMN News also understands relatives of the victim set fire on the of suspect father's house sometime after the killing. Richards came from a very respectable and well known family in the community of St. Louis. He is the nephew of Laurel Richards President of the St. Louis Women's Association.
Reliable sources say the mother of the suspect a vendor in French Quarter was also threatened yesterday, causing the woman to close her business for the day.
The suspect who surrendered to the gendarmes will be transported to Guadeloupe sometime today.
House set on Fire-Father believes relatives committed the act.
Ferdinand Richards better known as Carty in an interview with SMN News said the two boys are long time friends. Carty said the two young men were together Sunday night and they lived extremely close. He said while the killing has left both families in severe pain, someone apparently relatives of the deceased went to his home and set it alight.
Carty said he was on the scene where the stabbing took place and the brothers and other relatives of the deceased were getting on real bad. He said the men left him on the scene and they jumped in a pick up truck and left. The distraught father said he did not know where the young men were going but shortly after he was notified by neighbors who saw them breaking into his house and setting it alight. He said the gendarmes are busy investigating the incident of arson. "I am not responsible for the killing, I was there and I sympathize with the family. Li was like my son, they were always together, so I cannot understand why they would burn down my house." Carty said. 
At the home of the Richards several neighbors and friends of both young men were at the Richards home lamenting on the entire ordeal. One relative and friend of both young men told this reporter that Li had become extremely aggressive these past weeks. The friend who spoke to his reporter anonymously said Li had just recently lost his new born baby and his girlfriend did not receive optimal care while in hospital in Guadeloupe during the strike earlier this year.
Also at the home of Li Guzman neighbors and youngsters from the neighborhood were all keeping wake. The mother of the deceased was visibly shaken last night as she tries to cope with her sudden lost.
