Radhica De Silva
Senior Multimedia Reporter
A Marabella security officer and her son were stabbed to death on Tuesday morning.
Dead are Hollice Thomas, 40, of Battoo Street, Marabella and Noel Thomas, 8.
Investigators said around 9: 30 am, they received a report from Thomas's common-law husband Marcus John that his family had been stabbed.
John told police he left home around 6 am to go to work. When he returned three hours later, he saw blood on the bedroom floor.
To his horror, he saw Thomas lying face down with a wound to the neck. He then made another check and found Noel lying at the side of his bed, bleeding from a stab to his neck.
He was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital where he died shortly after.
Neighbours said Thomas and her family moved into the apartment less than a month ago and kept to themselves. Guardian Media will update this story as more information comes to hand.