Jealous spouse kills mom, daughter

Residents of Rosemount in St James are labelling Fabian Lyewsang as heartless after he viciously slashed the throat of his common-law wife and stepdaughter early yesterday morning.

According to one female, Lyewsang, who is believed to be in his 30s, had consistently accused his partner of cheating when he had actually fathered a child outside of their union.

"Him go out go get pickney and di woman neva left him or kill him, and now look wah him do, bout him a get bun. Why him kill himself? Him shoulda stand up and face justice. Him is a wutliss coward," the irate woman said.

According to the police's Constabulary Communications Unit, at about 2:30 a.m., 45-year-old Deon Smith and her spouse allegedly had a dispute during which he used a knife to slash the throats of both Smith and her daughter, Jayshenel Gordon. The police were summoned, and on their arrival both Smith and her daughter were found in a pool of blood at their home. They were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

BEEN SLEEPING

Following the double killing, it is said that Lyewsang woke up his 13-year-old son, who had apparently been sleeping during the commotion, and they fled the location in Smith's Nissan Tiida motor car, which he subsequently drove into the Rio Cobre, resulting in his death.

The boy was later found at a residence in St Catherine.

Also shocked by the murders, Smith's uncle, Hopeton McPherson, described the incident as a cruel act. "I know this man (Lyewsang) for quite a while, and although he did not talk a lot, I never expected anything like this from him," McPherson said.

However, according to residents of the community, which is located some five minutes from downtown Montego Bay, the killing may have been sparked by jealousy, as, according to them, Lyewsang has been complaining to his friends that Smith was being unfaithful to him.

"Him always a seh she a give him bun, but me neva know seh him woulda tek it to such a level. And, because him a nuh de talkative type, you couldn't really know wah a gwaan inna him head. But, it is a wicked act, especially fi cut de likkle girl throat," a resident said.