Wheelchair-Bound Man Allegedly Stabbed in Neck by Longtime Friend in Mount Welcome Apartment

A woman is facing attempted murder charges after police, following the sound of screaming, stumble upon a gruesome scene in a Mount Welcome residence.

When the 911 call came in about 2:13 a.m. on April 4, emergency responders could hear a commotion, according to the police report. Sent to investigate what sounded like a fight between a male and female, police drove around Eliza's Retreat in Christiansted trying to find the house the call came from. They heard screaming from one address, which became louder and more distinct as patrol units approached the rear of the multi-family home. Officers soon perceived the screams were coming from children.

According to police, the first officer that peeped through a window near the front door saw what appeared to be blood, “spattered everywhere throughout the apartment.” Police knocked on the locked front door, identified themselves, and asked the children to let them in. A female voice could reportedly be heard telling the children not to do it, and the officers then spotted a woman underneath an overturned sofa, pulling children towards her.

According to court documents, a neighbor gave the police a key. When officers entered the apartment, the woman reportedly ran out from under the couch and demonstrated that she was unarmed. Police noticed that she was bleeding profusely from a laceration on her hand. The place was in complete disarray. Items – some broken – were scattered across the floor. Blood was spattered and smudged everywhere; on the living room floor, on the flipped couch, on the walls near the living room, on the bedroom door. The three children were unharmed, and they were taken away by a relative.

In the kitchen, police found more blood on the walls. Officers say the fridge was knocked over, a cabinet drawer completely pulled out, and a candle holder on the counter covered with blood. They called out for the male whose voice had been heard on the 911 call, and received a call for help from the bedroom. “I'm bleeding out,” the man reportedly said. Officers found him lying on the bed, bleeding from the face and neck. The dresser mirror had been shattered. “There was blood on the floor in about every area of the apartment: from the living room, the kitchen, the bedroom, and the bathroom,” the investigating officer wrote.

Both adults were transported to the Juan F. Luis Hospital for treatment. The man had sustained lacerations on his neck, left cheek, and right thumb. The laceration to his left ear had severed part of the earlobe, police observed. Despite being in considerable pain, he agreed to speak to police about what had happened.