Middle Region:--- A 20 year old girl was stabbed to death shortly after 9pm on Saturday night. Head of the Detective Department Denise Jacobs confirmed to SMN News while she was at the crime scene Saturday night that a young woman (20) years old died from a stabbing. Jacobs said the victim died on the spot in Valley Drive, Middle Region. Jacobs further explained that based on the information she gathered at the scene, two women were fighting and one of them got killed.
The Head of the Detectives Department said both the victim and the suspect are from St. Maarten. The victim has been identified as K.S.I. 20 years old of St. Maarten.
SMN News learnt that the victim is Kimberly Illidge who was a teacher at Kids Light House Play School, she is a former student of the St. Maarten Vocational School. According to reliable sources, the killer is a young woman identified as Shaniska Brooks who turned herself in at the Philipsburg Police Station late Saturday night.
Acting Police Spokesman Giovanni Sprott told SMN News Sunday morning that the suspect is a 17 year old St. Maartener identified as D.A.B. Sprott said a second suspect is also in police custody assisting with the investigation. The second suspect has been identified as E.J.J. and he is a 17 year old male.
Middle Region Residents Blamed Victim's Mother for Daughter's Slaying.
Residents of the Valley Drive, Middle Region are very upset and angry about the fatal stabbing that took place in their neighborhood Saturday night. Several of the residents told SMN News that the victim (Kimberly Illidge) is the one that caused her death while her mother did nothing to stop her daughter from attacking and threatening the younger girl (suspect). "All day Saturday Kimberly was cursing and threatening young Brooks, and her mother (Cindy) looked at her behavior and at no time tried to stop her from attacking the younger girl. At noon on Saturday, Kimberly went to Brooks' aunt and told her she will beat up her niece and she will also end her life. The witnesses said the aunt pleaded with Kimberly to stop because she is much bigger in size than her niece and also older. "When all of this was happening Kimberly's mother Cindy stood by and did nothing to stop her daughter's rage against a younger girl." One of the witnesses said Kimberly is the one who came out of her house after 9pm and attacked Brooks and at that time Brooks stabbed her with a knife she was walking around with because of the threats all day. The handle of the knife they said was found on the street while the blade broke off in her chest. Another witness said when Kimberly fell on the road someone lifted her up and took her in her house and she died in her mother's arm. One of the men who saw what happened all day screamed out to the mother and told her that she brought the death of her daughter. The residents who are obviously upset said that they have no compassion for Cindy because had she intervened and stopped her daughter from attacking the younger victim, her daughter would have been alive today.
They said police arrested Eric claiming that Eric gave the suspect the knife but they find that to be impossible. The suspect was walking with that knife to protect herself she was threatened all day and Kimberly told her aunt she will kill her so that is why she had a knife on her.
The residents also said that the two females had some sort of bickering going on but Saturday it escalated and clearly Kimberly was the aggressor. Apart from this incident they said Kimberly was one of those teenagers in the neighborhood that seemed focused on her school and even work. They said they are trying to figure out what happened on Saturday that caused her to be so aggressive against a 17 year old who looks more like a 13 year old girl.
20 Year Old Dies From Stabbing in Middle Region.
On Saturday March 23rd around 9:20pm, a police patrol from the uniform department and an ambulance were dispatched to the district of Middle region in the area of Gumbs drive for a fight where someone was stabbed and injured.
Upon arrival of the first patrol it was indeed confirmed that a fight had taken place and that a young lady was stabbed in her chest by another young lady whom in the mean time had already fled the scene of the crime.
Information was gathered from bystanders who directed the police patrol to a home where the victim had collapsed. The patrol then found the victim cradled by an elderly person.
Upon checking the victim it was noticed that her vital signs was weakening.
In the mean time, the ambulance personnel had arrived on the scene and after rendering the victim some medical assistance they noticed that the victim was no longer responding and did not have a pulse anymore. The police doctor Miss Douglas pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
The scene of the crime was cordoned off in order for the Police Forensic Department to gather their evidence.
Later that evening around midnight the suspect with initials D.A.B. from St. Maarten and 17 years of age turned in herself to the police department.
About 15 minutes after, a second suspect with the initials E.J.J. from St. Maarten and 17 years of age was arrested in this same case.
The detective department is investigating this case further, both suspects will remain in custody pending further investigation.
The Police Department would like thank the community of St. Maarten for their assistance in this case and would also like to extend its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
KPSM Police Report
