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A 44-year-old Bar­rack­pore woman re­mains in po­lice cus­tody as in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the mur­der of Rudolph Pierre con­tin­ues. Pierre, broth­er of Po­lice Sgt Michael Pierre, was al­leged­ly dealt a sin­gle stab to the chest dur­ing an ar­gu­ment at his Cu­mu­to Road, Bar­rack­pore home on Sat­ur­day. The find­ings from the au­top­sy, sched­uled for to­day, will de­ter­mine the ex­act cause of death. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports around 1.30 pm Pierre was at his home when neigh­bours heard a com­mo­tion and saw the 52-year-old stum­ble out of his house. He then fell from the top of the stairs. The 44-year-old woman, who was re­port­ed­ly giv­en shel­ter at Peirre's home two weeks ago while her house was be­ing built a short dis­tance away, came out­side the house and then went back in­side.

Niegh­bours rushed to Pierre's aid. Pierre, who was dis­abled, had a gap­ping wound in his chest. When ques­tioned by po­lice of­fi­cers the woman claimed that the 52-year-old man fell from the top of his stairs and land­ed on a pen. No mur­der weapon was found at the scene. Neigh­bours claimed Pierre would have sur­vived had the am­bu­lance ar­rived on time. Bar­rack­pore res­i­dent Ter­ry Lochan, speak­ing with the T&T Guardian claimed Pierre was alive af­ter he fell how­ev­er, the man died while wait­ing for the am­bu­lance to ar­rive. Lochan said the am­bu­lance took near­ly two hours to ar­rive.

De­scrib­ing Pierre as a very good man, Lochan said Sat­ur­day morn­ing he vis­it­ed Pierre who told him that he had turned 52 on Thurs­day. Lochan said he warned Pierre about al­low­ing the woman to stay there be­cause of her ag­gres­sive­ness. "You see it not good to be kind some­times. He was a cool neigh­bour, very help­ful. This is a loss to the com­mu­ni­ty," he said. In­ves­ti­ga­tors are in the process of com­ply­ing a file to take to the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions for in­struc­tions. In­sp Zamsheed Mo­hammed is con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.