A Triangular love affair has left a mother of five mourning, her partner with whom she shared an 11-year visiting relationship dead and her secret lover on the run. Police in E’ Division are investigating the murder which occurred around 00:10 hrs on May 10 at 1074 Cinderella City, Mackenzie, Linden. Dead is taxi driver, Claude DeJounge, 40, called “Sonno” of 915 South Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden.

DeJounge was allegedly stabbed to death by Corwyn Aurther, 34, called “Cross eye” of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden.
The deceased was at the time at his partner, Tanya Samuels, 35, home when Aurther, with whom Tanya allegedly shared a secret relationship, entered the home via a front window and allegedly dealt DeJounge three stabs to his neck, shoulder and abdomen while he was asleep.

When Guyana Chronicle visited the home of Samuels, she was too distraught to speak but her eldest son, Cleon Samuels, related what had occurred. He described the act as a premeditated one, since Aurther, earlier in the night, burnt his clothes and his identification card at the very backyard of Samuels. He said he had stepped out at the time the murder occurred, but when he came home back, DeJounge was laying lifeless in a chair before he was rushed to the hospital.

His four other siblings witnessed the murder.

“He was sleeping and by he lay down on his back and like he (Aurther) jump through from the window; my two second brother went in the chair. He come easy, he hide the knife, the cutlass and he had he rambo knife, the man (DeJounge) was sleeping so deep like the first jook, he aint feel it and my mother feel the heaviness and when she open she eye, she start halla and he (Aurther) said ‘shhh’ and he firing jook, he saying, ‘I gah tek you soul, I gotta tek you soul’,” Cleon related.

DeJounge, he said, was helpless because he was trapped in both the sheet and bed net. After allegedly stabbing him three times, Aurther made good his escape.
“He lose a lot of blood, when I came he was done (lifeless). We left shock because this boy (Aurther) does come, we does cook and enjoy we self. Right now he calling me and me mother, but a half hour ago, he tell me he deh over the river in some back in some home,” he added.

According to police report, prior to the stabbing, Aurther was reportedly smoking marijuana and DeJounge became annoyed and asked him to leave the premises.

He lives just a few houses away from Samuels. The police said Aurther texted DeJounge, telling him that he will make his life a living hell. Samuels, who witnessed the entire ordeal, started to scream. She also tried to hold back the suspect who threatened to also stab her. He reportedly told her “Is you cause that, I want he head; I get poison to drink when I done”.

The suspect then grabbed her hand and took her out the house, telling her not to tend to the accused. However, she managed to get lose and he ran away with the knife, saying he was going to drink poison.
The police believe that Aurther is hiding out in Wisroc and they are currently combing the area.

Aurther is a known questionable character in Linden who has been incarcerated for alleged rape and larceny. Meanwhile, DeJounge was described as a quiet, peaceful and hardworking man. In addition to working taxi, he was also a construction worker and a truck driver.