Kevon Felmine

Se­nior Re­porter

kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt

The Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions is set to take over the case of Freeport moth­er Afiya Adams, who suc­cumbed to her in­juries yes­ter­day af­ter be­ing set on fire last Sat­ur­day.

Po­lice con­firmed that Adams, 41, a moth­er of two, died at the Mount Hope Hos­pi­tal at mid­day. In­ves­ti­ga­tors are now await­ing the re­sults of an au­top­sy to be con­duct­ed at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James. They are al­so ex­pect­ed to re­trieve her hos­pi­tal records.

A sus­pect re­mains in po­lice cus­tody.

Po­lice said at 5.30 am Sat­ur­day, an ar­gu­ment erupt­ed at Adams’ Mis­sion Road, Freeport house be­tween her and a close male rel­a­tive. The row es­ca­lat­ed when the man al­leged­ly doused Adams with gaso­line and set her on fire.

Fam­i­ly mem­bers quick­ly rushed to her aid, ex­tin­guish­ing the flames. Adams was then tak­en to the hos­pi­tal, where she spent her last four days in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion.

Adams’ two daugh­ters, aged 15 and 9, were at home at the time of the in­ci­dent.