LUNISA PETERS, who was brutally stabbed Wednesday evening at Supenaam Village, Region Two, was warned by her aunt, Meg Matthews, not to open the door when her ex-boyfriend visited. According to her aunt, she (Lunisa) was living in an abusive relationship which had prompted her to move away three months ago.

Lunisa Peters, 24, formerly of Golden Fleece School dam, was allegedly stabbed and beaten by her ex-boyfriend, Nandram Persaud, at Supenaam. The incident occurred around 23:00 hours at Supenaam.

Prompt action by police in G Division led to the arrest, early Thursday morning, of the forty-one-year-old taxi driver. According to Matthews, her niece moved out approximately three months ago and was renting a house at Supenaam.

She said her niece made that decision after suffering from constant abuse by Persaud. She recalled that the suspect had once thrown a bottle of pepper sauce in her niece’s face.

The aunt said that, on numerous occasions, her niece told her she wanted to leave Persaud but did not muster enough courage to do so. However, some three months ago, Peters moved to Supenaam, rented a house and asked her to join her. Matthews consented.

“We didn’t want him (Persaud) to know where we were renting, but one day he passed and saw her on the veranda and after that he kept coming and threatening her,” the tearful aunt said.

The aunt also admitted that Peters had moved on and was communicating with a male friend from overseas. She said that Wednesday night when the suspect and her niece were having a conversation inside the house, the overseas male friend called and when Peters answered the suspect became jealous and grabbed her by her hair.

“He took her in the bathroom and locked her in there then he took a knife and a rolling pin and began to hit and stab her. When he was done he left and run away. I could not believe my eyes,” the aunt related.

The aunt said she immediately raised an alarm and the police were summoned. The body of her niece was taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The body is at the Suddie Hospital Mortuary awaiting post mortem.