A Rupununi woman who was allegedly beaten to death last Friday is the latest addition to the growing list of fatal domestic violence cases.

According to a police release, Eunice Charlie, 55, of Waramit Farming Areas, Awaruwaunau Village, South Rupununi, died at the Lethem Hospital after she was lashed several times by her husband.

The release said the incident occurred around 23:30 hrs on Friday, when Charlie and her husband returned from a function, where they reportedly consumed alcohol. They had an argument, during which the man allegedly dealt the woman several lashes about her body with a piece of wood. Charlie was subsequently rushed to the hospital where she died, while her husband is now in police custody as investigation continues.

Charlie’s death came mere hours after that of Gertrude Edwards, 31, whose throat was slit at Ithaca by a man with whom she had shared a relationship. Edwards’s reputed husband, Gladstone Williamson, of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, has since been arrested. (See story on page 18.) It is alleged that he slit her throat with a knife then turned it on her daughter, 13-year-old Kerry Edwards and niece Samantha Charles, 16, before escaping. Both girls are in the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Stabbing victim
succumbs

Meanwhile, six months after female security guard Patricia Rose was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend, she succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday. Rose, 44, of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara, was attacked while she was on duty at the Georgetown School of Nursing, East Street, on November 1, last year. The man had reportedly scaled the fence and stabbed the woman in her stomach, neck, face and right arm before escaping.

On March 31, Pamela Mangru, 39, was fatally stabbed. Her reputed husband, Devon Limerick, has since been charged with her murder.

On March 12, Savitrie Arjune, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, a mother of two and an employee of Roti Plus, was stabbed to death by her former reputed husband. He escaped and is still to be apprehended.

On February 14, Deborah Allen, 38, of Port Kaituma, North West District, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital after being chopped by her reputed husband. Her teenage daughter was chopped across the face and spent several days in the Georgetown Hospital. The two had an argument over a party they had gone to shortly before the incident.

The attacker subsequently turned himself over to the police.

That same day, two women, Nekecia Rouse, 25, and her sister-in-law Alexis George, 18, were slashed to death in New Amsterdam. Their attacker is still being sought.

On February 8, less than a day after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband following an argument, Latoya Conway Woolford succumbed to her injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The husband fled after the incident and attempted to commit suicide. He spent several days in hospital before being taken to court charged with the capital offence.