An in­quest has been or­dered in­to the death of 27-year-old Michael An­ge­lo Fran­cis, who was fa­tal­ly stabbed in Port of Spain ear­li­er this month.

As­sis­tant Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions Sab­ri­na Dougdeen-Jaglal di­rect­ed that the in­quest be held fol­low­ing a re­view of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion. The de­ci­sion was made on Fri­day, 10th Oc­to­ber, 2025.

Fran­cis sus­tained a sin­gle stab wound to the chest on 5th Oc­to­ber, 2025, and died the same day at the Port of Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

The fe­male sus­pect who was de­tained in con­nec­tion with the in­ci­dent has been re­leased pend­ing the out­come of the in­quest.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were su­per­vised by Act­ing As­sis­tant Su­per­in­ten­dent Ram­jag, Act­ing In­spec­tors Stanis­laus, Seecha­ran, and Ram­sumair of the Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions (HBI) Re­gion One, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with oth­er agen­cies.

WPC Grant, al­so of HBI Re­gion One, is the com­plainant in the mat­ter.