Police have released the 25-year-old woman arrested for the death of New Grant father Satnarine Ramphal as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was not enough evidence to charge her with murder.
Homicide detectives said while the woman was set free, investigations were continuing as they planned to meet with residents of Ramphal’s Watt’s Road community.
They said although an autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, showed Ramphal died from a stab wound to the chest, it had not been determined whether the wound was self-inflicted as the woman had said.
They said she was the only witness to Ramphal’s death and claimed he committed suicide.
A fingerprint test will be done on the kitchen knife with which he was stabbed but police said it would not be enough to lay charges against the woman.
On Sunday, she and Ramphal were at his home around 10 pm when they got into a fight.
The woman told police he began rampaging through the house and threatened to kill her with a kitchen knife.
He then grabbed her by the hand and stabbed her in the wrist but she got away and as she ran out of the house screaming for help, she heard him moaning. She turned around and saw him on the floor with blood on his jersey.
Both Ramphal and the woman were taken to the Princes Town District Health Facility.
Ramphal was pronounced dead on arrival and the woman was taken into custody.
Homicide detectives said although an autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, showed Ramphal died from a stab wound to the chest, it had not been determined whether the wound was self-inflicted as the woman had said.
They said she was the only witness to Ramphal’s death and claimed he committed suicide.