This morning at 8:00 am, 38 year old Marsha Reid turned herself into Dangriga Police to be charged for the murder of BDF Corporal Donovan Castillo.
Reid was taken into custody - and sent to Belmopan for arraignment this afternoon - because the Dangriga Magistrate is out for training.
She had been released yesterday morning pending the findings of a post mortem examination. Dr. Mario Estradabran found that Corporal Castillo was unable to defend himself when he was stabbed fatally to the neck. His family believes Reid stabbed him while he slept.
Police found the murder weapon - a kitchen knife with a five-inch blade at the scene.
Reid confessed to police that she stabbed Castillo - and said that it was the result of a dispute over rent money.
His family claims it was an act by a deranged, obsessed lover.
Corporal Castillo will be buried on Saturday in Dangriga Town with full military honours.
He was the father of four children - and the accused, Reid has children of her own.
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