An altercation between a 19 year-old man and his common law wife led to his death after she stabbed him with a kitchen knife early on Tuesday morning.
Nicholas Baptiste, of Sahadeen Trace, Vega De Oropouche, Sangre Grande succumbed to a stab wound to his chest at the Sangre Grande Hospital
The woman has been detained by police and a blood stained knife seized.
Officers of the Sangre Grande CID are investigating.