PHILIPSBURG:--- On Thursday April 26th at approximately 08.40 a.m. police patrols, paramedics, detectives and forensic investigators were sent to a home in Ginger road in Cay hill where the Emergency Dispatch received a call of a stabbing. On the scene the investigating officers encountered the female victim who had several stab wounds to her upper body from which she was bleeding quite profusely. The victim was immediately treated by paramedics and then transported to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further treatment. The scene was immediately cordoned off by police in order for the crime scene investigators to collect evidence and detectives to speak to witnesses. The investigators learnt that during a heated argument between the victim and the suspect she was stabbed several times by him. The suspect after committing this act fled the scene and has not yet turned himself in or been arrested. After treatment at the hospital the victim was released. The investigation is ongoing. As more details regarding this investigation become available the media will be informed.
