Police have confirmed that the mother of four who was stabbed, allegedly by her partner, and dumped from a car onto a city street yesterday afternoon, died last night at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Just moments after Lisa Skeete, 33, a dispatcher at the GPH, left work, she was rushed back to the institution bloodied and in an unconscious state.
“She just left and she greet me before she gone and then I see this vehicle rushing back with she,” an employee of the GPH said.
Skeete left work around 3 pm and entered a waiting car, which then drove off. Not long after, the car, which was heavily-tinted, was seen swaying out of control as it sped along Carmichael Street, much to the horror of onlookers.
A security guard at a building on Carmichael Street said that the car caught the attention of the school children and others as it drove by. “It look like they were fighting in the car based on how the car was moving,” the guard said.
The vehicle came to an abrupt stop close to Church Street and Skeete was pushed out of the car before it sped away, the guard added.
As the car left, Skeete began calling for help and she started running along the street before collapsing. She was unconscious and bleeding profusely, the guard recounted. He said persons attempted to stop the flow of blood from the wounds by bandaging them with cloth as they awaited transportation to the hospital.
An anxious crowd quickly flocked Skeete’s body and persons began calling for the police and the ambulance but they received no response as the calls went unanswered.
According to the guard, about 20 minutes had elapsed before an open back pick-up stopped and rendered assistance in transporting the woman to the hospital.
An eyewitness said that Skeete appeared to have been stabbed to her chest and head.
The woman, a Bartician, lives on Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.
Police today issued the following press release:
Investigations are being conducted into the murder of Melissa Skeete, 31 years, of Prince William Street, Plaisance, ECD, which occurred about 1515h. yesterday Monday November 23, 2015.
Investigations have revealed that Melissa Skeete was fatally stabbed to her abdomen by a man with whom she shared a relationship and who had picked her up in a motor car from work at the GPHC.
Melissa Skeete was later seen coming out of the motor vehicle in Carmichael Street, Georgetown, with stab wounds and was taken to the GPHC by public-spirited persons. She later succumbed while receiving medical treatment.
The suspect has not been arrested as yet.
