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Mar 15, 2013 News
By Samuel Whyte
Despite the intense focus being duly placed on domestic violence and spousal abuse, the unacceptable scourge continued yesterday with the brutal murder of a woman by her husband who then took his own life.
Residents of the quiet village of Philippi, Corentyne, Berbice, were stunned when at around 1700 hrs, the bodies were discovered in the couple’s home at Lot 5 Philippi Farm.
The mutilated body of Samantha Williams-Bagot, 37, a mother of four, was found crouched in a corner of a blood-spattered bedroom in her home with multiple chop wounds to all parts of her body. Her husband of 14 years, Joseph Bagot, 38, a farmer, was found hanging from a cord in the kitchen of their newly constructed house.
The couple was reportedly experiencing domestic issues for quite some time. They had first lived at the Philippi address before moving to the woman’s parents’ residence at Kildonan Village for awhile as their house was being rebuilt.
The two separated shortly after they returned to Philippi and the woman moved back home to her parents’ home with her four children and her belongings. The man subsequently started to cohabit with a 19-year-old female from Limlair village not far away. His wife subsequently went to Barbados to stay with her siblings.
The woman subsequently returned to Guyana and the two soon got together again. The man pledged faithfulness to his wife and the two returned to their new home at Philippi. However, they again separated about five months ago and she returned to her parents’ home.
Reports are that the man continued to cohabit with the 19-year-old, while visiting and making contact with his wife. He started to visit his wife at her parents’ abode and eventually started to make threats, while demanding that the two of them get back together. He even threatened to “end it all” if she refused to make it up with him.
They started to go to church and were being counseled and were said to have attended church together last Sunday.
According to the woman’s sister, Lana Williams, and father Kenny Collins, Samantha Williams left home around 08:00 hrs yesterday to visit her husband’s home and make preparations for church last evening. However, her relatives, after not hearing from her for the day, decided to enquire of her whereabouts.
The woman’s 16-year-old son was sent to the house, but after seeing the place locked, he returned home. Her 15-year-old daughter was then sent. She also met the place well-locked, but decided to kick open the door. It was then that the gruesome discovery was made. The screaming daughter ran out of the house and collapsed on the patio. Neighbours quickly gathered and called the Samantha’s parents.
The woman’s body was badly mutilated; one of her wrists was severed, while the other was badly lacerated. There were other severe cuts to various parts of her body. A cutlass and file were nearby in the house.
Police arrived promptly and cordoned off the crime scene. The bodies were subsequently removed by undertakers from the Ramoo’s Funeral Parlour and taken to Port Mourant, then to the New Amsterdam Hospital mortuary. According to one source, the bodies might have been in the house for several hours.
The woman leaves to mourn her four children – Jermaine, 16, Jennifer, 15, Malcolm, 11, (who is due to write the National Grade Six Assessment in a week) and Anthony, 8 – her eight siblings (6 sisters and two brothers) and her parents.
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