The 18-year-old daugh­ter of Port-of-Spain lawyer, Odai Ramis­c­hand, was stabbed to death Wednes­day night.

Po­lice said Niki­ta Ramis­c­hand was stabbed six times in the neck and ab­domen. Her body was found by her par­ents and sib­lings at the fam­i­ly's home, Mara­cas Roy­al Road, St Joseph, around 8.30 pm. Niki­ta was an ac­counts stu­dent at the School of Busi­ness and Com­put­er Sci­ence (SBCS), Champs Fleurs. She al­so as­sist­ed her moth­er in the fam­i­ly's beau­ty sa­lon. Homi­cide de­tec­tives be­lieve she was stabbed by a jilt­ed lover. Up to late yes­ter­day po­lice were look­ing for a sus­pect, al­so 18.

Se­nior of­fi­cers be­lieved the sus­pect might at­tempt to leave the coun­try as he had a tick­et booked to Guyana. They al­so said her re­la­tion­ship with the sus­pect had been kept a se­cret. Her broth­er, Sid, who spoke in an in­ter­view at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, yes­ter­day de­scribed his sis­ter as a girl who had "a promis­ing fu­ture and was bril­liant." He said she met some­one who took her life be­cause she spurned his love and an of­fer of mar­riage. In­spec­tor Ramnaresh Seecha­ran, act­ing In­sp Lawrence, Sgt Samuel, Cpl Jones and Mod­este and PC Seville were among the of­fi­cers who went to the scene.

(With re­port­ing by Camille Clarke)