PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Murder detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected homicide of an American man after reportedly going out to attempt to buy marijuana.
The sufferer has been recognized as 43-year-old Christopher Brown, a builder from Silverthorne, Colorado, in response to an area police report.
Police have been instructed that Brown had dinner and drinks with associates on Wednesday night time in Castara — a small fishing village on the island of Tobago. He then left his associates, telling them he was going to purchase marijuana, the police report mentioned.
Shortly after 10:30 p.m. native time, officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service responded to a report that Brown was discovered unresponsive within the space, and he was later pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Investigators consider he was stabbed, as they mentioned there have been a number of wounds about his physique, and a steel object was discovered protruding from his again. Investigators are nonetheless attempting to find out the motive for the killing.
“I can verify {that a} suspect is at the moment in custody,” Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro instructed The Related Press on Thursday afternoon.
Tobago’s Division of Tourism condemned the killing, saying this was “the primary such act of violence” within the fishing village, which the officers mentioned, is thought for being protected and welcoming.
Authorities didn’t instantly say whether or not Brown was visiting Tobago on the time of this demise or when he arrived on the island.
Trinidad and Tobago has recorded over 330 homicides to date this 12 months, in response to police statistics. A state of emergency is at the moment in impact for the twin-island nation. Authorities applied the measure in July, accusing a felony community in prisons throughout the nation of plotting to kill key authorities officers and assault public establishments.
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