An employee at the Arima Race Club was stabbed to death inside his car on Tuesday night.
According to police Ricardo Jhinoo, 57, of Gonzales was found dead in his car which was parked at the back of the race track in Santa Rosa.
Police said they were called to the scene after passersby found the car, a white Hyundai Elantra idling.
Jhinoo was stabbed to the head and neck.
Jhinoo is 27th person to be killed for the year. For the same period last year there were 28 murders.
Last year January ended with 49 murders.