French Quarter:--- A stabbing in the vicinity of the French Quarter Pharmacy has left a young woman dead confirmed Commandant of the Gendarmerie Stephen Brunet.Onlookers at the scene identified the victim as Cecilia Henry who was born on the island of St. Kitts.
Sources say the victim who is well known to the Gendarmerie was stabbed by a Haitian woman and her daughter multiple times. According to bystanders, a Haitian girl walked up to Henry and began stabbing her on her head and back. They said the victim received as much as five stab wounds and she died on the spot. Scores of gendarmes responded to the scene where a large amount of onlookers gathered. The gendarmes also combed the area to locate the two suspects. It is not yet known if the duo were apprehended by law enforcement.
Monday night's killing has brought the amount of homicide committed on the French Side to six thus far for 2011.
