Philippi man kills wife, hangs self

Joseph and Samantha Bagot

A 36-year-old woman, Samantha Bagot of Kildonan, Corentyne was murdered yesterday at Philippi Village by her spurned husband, Joseph Bagot, a farmer who subsequently took his own life by hanging.

The body of Samantha, a food vendor at Kildonan market dam, was found in a crouching position in a pool of blood in a bedroom with her head and face badly chopped and disfigured. One hand was raised as if defending the blows