{"id":296353,"date":"2022-12-31T12:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=296353"},"modified":"2022-12-31T12:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T16:37:04","slug":"dominica-records-2nd-domestic-homicide-in-less-than-24-hours-police-in-search-of-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/dominica-records-2nd-domestic-homicide-in-less-than-24-hours-police-in-search-of-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica records 2nd domestic homicide in less than 24 hours; police in search of suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victim Avanelle Charles and suspect Marshall Jean Jacques<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As 2022 comes to a close, the nation is reeling from the occurrence of another domestic homicide in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

The community of\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>Morne Prosper is in a state of mourning following the killing of 47-year-old Avanelle Charles, the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0homicide in Dominica for 2022.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that about 3:00 a.m. on December 31, 2022, Charles and her long-time boyfriend, Marshall JeanJacques, were involved in an argument when she was killed.<\/p>\n

At the time of the incident, the mother of seven, who is a market vendor, was preparing to go to the market to sell her produce.<\/p>\n

Family members of the deceased and residents of Morne Prosper revealed that the couple had a long history of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the police say they are in search of the suspect who fled the scene after the incident.<\/p>\n

The previous day – December 30, 2022, at about 11:10 a.m – police officers responded to a report of domestic violence between a woman and her boyfriend and on arrival at number 4 Jewels Lane in Goodwill, the officers found the lifeless body of 35-year-old Velma Valmond of Sinekou, the Kalinago Territory on the bathroom floor in a pool of blood with a severe laceration across her neck, according to Police Inspector, Fixton Henderson.<\/p>\n

He said that Valmond, a medical doctor, was pronounced dead at the scene while her boyfriend, Alexan Alexander, 32 years old from Mahaut, was also found on the bathroom floor, frothing from his mouth, and in a state of distress. He was transported to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Dominica China Friendship Hospital and is in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

The police officer also revealed that the deceased’s 18-year old daughter is also nursing injuries which were apparently sustained during the same incident and is also in a stable condition at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital.<\/p>\n

Dominica News Online (DNO) will continue to follow this story and report any development once it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As 2022 comes to a close, the nation is reeling from the occurrence of another domestic homicide in less than 24 hours. 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