A 30 year old resident of Victoria Street, Alfonso Castillo was stabbed last Thursday and despite having an initially positive prognosis, he died this morning while undergoing treatment at the KHMH. Police had arrested Raheem Marsden for the stabbing but his charge will be upgraded to murder. Still medics have yet to determine what actually caused Castillo's death in the first place because, as it turns out, he was scheduled to be released from the hospital today. Emanuel Pech visited the family this morning and has this report.
They say death comes like thief in the night and this morning the family of 30 year old Alfonso Castillo learnt that painful truth.
It all started with a stabbing last week here inside an ally a couple blocks away from his home on Victoria Street.
Alfonso was hanging with a few known friends when an argument erupted between him and another men. That argument quickly turned violent as he was stabbed three times.
Voice of: Arlette Bevans- Aunt of Deceased
"Thursday my sister shouted at me, I was in my house and when I came out I saw my nephew bleeding so we rushed him to the hospital, the police actually took him and I went behind in a private vehicle. When we got there they rushed him into surgery because they were saying that one of his organs was touched by the knife, the stab in his stomach. So he was in surgery for over 4 hours and we were there until early morning and left from there almost 4 in the morning. We waited until he woke up, and when he did we went back every day to check on him and make sure he was okay. He was doing fine."
Last night was the last time any of his family members spoke to him. He was excited to be released from the hospital and celebrate his aunt's birthday this weekend. But this morning the family got a call from the hospital which told them the devastating news.
Voice of: Arlette Bevans- Aunt of Deceased
"When I went there this morning the doctor told me that he went to the bathroom this morning when they were doing rounds and he wasn't in his bed when they went to do rounds. They went inside the bathroom and he was slouched in the bathroom on the floor so they brought him out and tried to resuscitate him. I was actually there and they really worked on him. I just need to thank the doctors and nurses because they tried."
Emanuel Pech
"Now I mean, how do you guys feel that the very day he's supposed to come out you got the news?"
Voice of: Arlette Bevans- Aunt of Deceased
"We're just upset, we just want to know what went wrong that is why we're waiting for the post mortem. We need to know what went wrong, because by all signs he was supposed to come out today so, I'm sorry."
Authorities are still trying to determine the official cause of death, meanwhile the family grieves for their loved who one, who they say did not deserve to die like this as he was known to them as a peaceful, loving guy. Reporting for 7 news Emanuel Pech.
Raheem Marsden is remanded to prison for the stabbing of Castillo, however his case has gotten more serious as a result of Castillo's death.
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