An altercation between a 19-year-old man and his common-law wife has led to his death, after she stabbed him with a kitchen knife yesterday morning.
Nicholas Baptiste, of Sahadeen Trace, Vega de Oropouche, Sangre Grande, succumbed to a stab wound to his chest at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Reports indicated that the man and his 25-year-old common-law wife had an argument that turned into an altercation, during which time she took a kitchen knife and stabbed him once in the chest.
Police have taken the woman into custody and recovered a knife stained with blood.
Officers of the Sangre Grande CID, led by Inspector Vekash Ramkisson, responded.