Assistant Police Spokesman Humphrey Giterson said on Wednesday July 14 2010, approximately 10.30 pm a police unit was dispatched to Prospect Estate in Belvedere where someone had been stabbed.
Upon arrival the police officers found a young man who was lying on the ground in a pool of blood. The victim was bleeding from a wound under his left arm. Giterson said even though the victim was critical and had problems breathing he managed to tell police that he was stabbed with a knife. The police spokesman said despite efforts from the personnel of the ambulance department and doctors at the St. Maarten Medical Center where the victim was transported for medical treatment he passed away shortly after admission.
So far police have not confiscated the weapon that was used in the fatal stabbing.
In the meantime, the suspect identified as H.K.I 17 years old from St. Maarten surrendered to police sometime during the day on Thursday said police spokesman Humphrey Giterson. Giterson said the suspect is now in police custody as the investigation continues. The body of the late Otmar Fernando Alfred Leonard has been confiscated pending an autopsy.
SMN News found several photographs of the suspect on Facebook where he openly criticized the police. The suspect also posted photographs of himself where he was arrested during the 2010 carnival.