St Kitts-Nevis: Murder of Conaree elderly takes number of killings to 10

The stabbing death of 77-year-old Constance Thompson-Gumbs in St Kitts on Monday, April 30. 2019, takes the number of murders to 10 for 2019, the same number for the January to April period of 2018.

Thompson-Gumbs' death is the first non-gun related murder and lone female to die violently during the first four months for 2019. Her killing is the second over the past four days.. Donald Cornelius of Stoney Grove, Nevis was gunned down in his yard on the night of Friday 26, April 2019. Seven of the nine murders took place on St Kitts, the other two occurred on Nevis.

Murder #1 – 22-year-old Jelani Liburd died on January 22, 2019. He was shot and injured on Craddock Road, Nevis, on January 1, 2019.

Murder #2 - 33-year-old Musa “Ziggy” Warner murdered in Green Tree, Old Road, St. Kitts on February 8, 2019 .

Murder #3 - 22-year-old Shakeem Stevens murdered in Green Tree, Old Road, St. Kitts on February 8, 2019.

Murder #4– 28-year-old Eric “Jun Jun” Thompson murdered outside his home at Pond’s Pasture, Basseterre, St. Kitts on Monday, February 11, 2019.

Murder #5 – Vere Amory, 35, shot and killed in The Alley, Sandy Point, St. Kitts, on February 13, 2019.

Murder #6 – Joel “Booyaka” Phillip, 25, shot and killed in his St. Johnston Village home, Basseterre, St. Kitts on February 14, 2019.

Murder #7 – Gavin Rogers shot and killed in his home at Wingfield Road, Old Road, St. Kitts on February 14, 2019

Murder #8 - 30-year-old Chevaughan Hendricks also known as Chronic was shot and killed on February 25, 2019

Murder #9 - Donald Cornelius, 20, shot and killed in his yard at Stoney Grove, Nevis on April 26, 2019

Murder # 10 - Constance Thompson-Gumbs, 77, was found on the floor of her home with multiple stab wounds on her body.