By Belize Live News Staff: A 50-year-old woman has been detained following the fatal stabbing of a 45-year-old man on Pickstock Street in Belize City early Saturday morning.
Police received information around 3:33am that a man had been stabbed and responded to the corner of New Road and Pickstock Street.
Officers found the victim lying in the middle of the street and bleeding heavily from an injury to his right arm. Police immediately transported him to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital for treatment.
He was later identified as Jeremy Gerald Hendricks, a 45-year-old labourer of Pickstock Street.
Initial police investigations indicate that Hendricks had been involved in a physical altercation with his common-law wife, during which she allegedly stabbed him in the right tricep.
Hendricks succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment and was pronounced dead around 4:44am.
Police processed the scene and reviewed surveillance footage from the area.
Investigators subsequently located the 50-year-old woman at an address in the Holy Emmanuel area. She was detained and taken to the Queen Street Police Station in connection with the killing.
The investigation continues.
