Landlady Watched Victim Die The landlady of Antigua’s second murder victim barely heard the dying woman’s last words, and was unable to learn her killer’s identity.

Feliza Cipriana had rented a room to Maria Christina Feliz just five days before her tragic death in the wooden house on lower Lionel Hurst Street in Ovals.

The home doubles as a business for Cipriana’s beauty salon, and one other person rents a room.

She said a neighbour called early Saturday morning to tell her one of her tenants had seemingly been killed.

Cipriana came home to find Feliz lying in the yard wrapped in a towel, in obvious pain.

She said the victim attempted to say something, but the pain seemed too great, as she could not string any words together.

She noticed a long gash near Feliz’s stomach, but said there was no blood.

On Sunday afternoon, there were no obvious blood stains near where the victim had been found.

The police have padlocked the room where the woman lived and have already processed the crime scene.

Speaking to Caribarena Sunday night, Corporal Frankie Thomas said they were pursuing a number of leads and canvassing “every crevice and every corner” to seeking information that could help them in their investigation.

According to the police, this latest murder, the second in under a month, took place at around 3:50 am on Saturday.

No clear motive has yet been established.

They are urging anyone who might have seen anything suspicious to contact the Criminal Investigation Department at 462-3913/14 or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477). Information will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

This latest killing follows the murder of an American tourist on Windward Bay nearly three weeks ago.

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written by jump'n'wave, February 09, 2010

fnpsr,

Actually a better headline would be "Antiguan hears someone being murdered, and calls landlady instead of the Police".

How sad (and disturbing) is that?

a case of bad reporting
written by fnpsr, February 09, 2010

At first glance, the headline is very misleading. One would get the impression that the landlady just stood there and and did nothing, while the victim died. That may be the case but it was not covered in the article. However, the article did not say what the landlady did to a*sist the victim. There was no mention that anyone called 911 for an ambulance, but there was mention that some one had called the landlady early Saturday morning to tell her that someone had been killed. I take it that the landlady had to travel to the site to investigate what was going on, there upon her arrival, she found the victim. Thus, valuable minutes had elapsed as the victim lost blood, thus resulting in her death. A better headline might have been " Murdered woman tried to identify killer".

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written by baldhead, February 08, 2010

bring back hanging

Misleading Headline.
written by Kelly, February 08, 2010

Why did the author used the above title as the heading when that not the case after reading the article? What was the main purpose bhing such a heading? I can't help but think the author main goal was to get the readers to respond with heated comments.

Wake up Antigua
written by Lamanex, February 08, 2010

Antigua need to build a larger prison and increase the severity of the punishment. Your prison is the original one when your population was smaller and crime lesser. Convicts should not be granted bail due to the severity of their crimes and thats where more space will be necessary to keep them locked up. Start hanging murderers again as a deterent to them committing crime in your country. Do the maths when you were hanging murderers crimes were less, now you stopped they have increased.

Dang Mad
written by Aristotle, February 08, 2010

Bringing the FBI or Scotland Yard does not solve our deeper problem of untrained law enforcement officers. I would rather have our officers trained by the FBI or Scotland yard than have them come when our crimes occur. The police must build a reputation that speaks loudly to criminals- we always find our criminals, no matter where you hide, we will get you! They must build a reputation that we will use every means necessary and we will not fail. Only then will they have the respect of criminals and offenders. The death penalty must be reintroduced immediately, and start hanging murderers, even retroactively, in order to send a strong message- you can no longer live among us if you do such crimes. Rapists must have their p.... cut off and make them eunochs- the message will be if you cannot control it we will take it away!

Dang Mad
written by Mike, February 08, 2010

I don't think there is need for that. Most of the murders committed in the last couple of years have been solved.

Time fpr Scotland Yard or FBI
written by Dang Mad, February 08, 2010

IF the police can't solve these murders, it seems like it is way past the time to bring in outside experts. This cannot continue! These criminals feel like they can operate with impunity! We cannot have this! They have to be stopped NOW! Mountie Chief, if you were in Canada still, Would you let this continue?

I weep For You!
written by Aristotle, February 08, 2010

Antigua my beloved, I weep for you. Each day as i open the pages of the paper and studying in another country I weep for my native land. Who is in charge? Where is the death penalty which is a deterrent to these crimes? Where is the Minister of national Security? Where is the police? where is marshall law? Where is curfew? Oh, Antigua antigua, where have you gone. Where have your open doors and peace loving people? Where are your people to protect you from disgrace? I am weeping for you!