AFTER almost eight years on the run, alleged killer Charles Chapman called ‘Frenchie’, who was recently incarcerated for the March 12, 2009 murder of his reputed wife, Savitri Arjune, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday.Prison sources noted that Chapman complained of feeling unwell and was taken to the infirmary within the prison on Thursday. Shortly after he was taken to the infirmary, the prisoner was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after stating that he was asthmatic. He died at 23:00hrs on Thursday.

The 62-year-old Chapman was arrested following a tip- off on January 9, 2017, at a house at Limlair, Corentyne, where he had been living for the past three years. During his interaction with law- enforcement officers, the man said he hailed from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara but had been living in Suriname. Charges against Chapman were laid while he was on the run.

Meanwhile, it was reported that at the time of Arjune’s death, Chapman (54 years old at the time) was a minibus conductor. He reportedly stabbed the woman to death a short distance from her 382 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home.

According to reports, Arjune, who was 34 years old at the time of the murder, was ambushed and stabbed multiple times about her body after Chapman pounced on her. Ajune collapsed and Chapman reportedly boarded a vehicle and drove to Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara, where he abandoned it. It was said that the two had a rocky, eight- year relationship. He was scheduled to return to court on February 3.