A love triangle is believed to be the reason behind the murder of a 33-year-old father of four near his home in Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande, on Thursday. His grieving father is now begging witnesses to come forward, saying the country’s citizens must help the police fight crime.
Around 5 pm on Thursday, Marlon Francis, a mason, was plastering a wall when residents nearby heard gunshots and saw him running and clutching his chest. Francis collapsed and was taken to the Sangre Grande District Hospital, but died before getting there.
Speaking with the media outside the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, Francis’s father, Cyril, said his son had a court case with a man who had threatened him in the past. The man, he said, reportedly threatened that the altercation “would not end there.”
Francis said his son was before a Sangre Grande magistrate charged with assaulting the man and had moved out of the area, where he had lived with his now ex-girlfriend. He added that he last saw his son alive was on Sunday and his son had dreams to build his own home. “He was a kind guy, soft guy, a friendly guy, but something happen with he and the woman and this is where it turn out and he lost his life.
“He and the woman and a next man—like he and the man had conflict and some kind of fight and some hitting went on, and my son end up in court. He left the girl and stay by me in Sangre Grande and he left by me Sunday night and I didn’t see him until I see him last night in the hospital bed,” Francis said. He added: “I would like to say to the people of this country, we need to come together and work together, because the police on their own can’t solve everything.
“We have to see what they not seeing and hear what they not hearing and work together with that, because people see the man who kill my son, but they don't want to come out and say.”
