A man was fatally stabbed in Placencia this morning.
Around 8:35, Seine Bight police responded to the report of a stabbing at a residence along Caribbean Way in Placencia. Officers went to the scene where they spoke with a witness who lives on the ground floor of a two-storey house. He told police that the tenant upstairs had been stabbed by a neighbor.
Police found the victim suffering from several stab wounds and bleeding profusely. He was rushed to the Placencia Polyclinic where he was pronounced dead. The victim has been identified as 51-year-old Rolando Vindas Cespedes, a Costa Rican national and general manager of Fyffes Banana Farm.
At the scene, police detained a 47-year-old neighbor of Maya Beach who was escorted to the Seine Bight Police Station pending investigation. The motive for the fatal stabbing has not yet been established - but reports say there were more than a dozen stab wounds.
