A love story's bloody end in Paradise T&T
He was a lonely widower who craved companionship.
She lived alone.
The couple had known each other as children, having lived in the same community all their lives.
And as the years passed, Balkaran Dookie would stop by the womans home on his daily walks for a friendly chat.
Dookie, a pensioner, and Dolly Sooknanan, ten years his senior, would spend hours talking about everything from their grandchildren to politics.
In 2013, the couple moved in together at Sooknanans home at Spring Trace, Quarry Village, Siparia.
And they shared a love which was accepted and respected by their relatives and neighbours.
It was more like a companionship. The both of them were lonely and would enjoy each others company. I would pass by and see them sitting on the front porch, sometimes taking a drink. My father was happy and so was the woman who we called mammy, his son, Mukesh Dookie, said.
Dookie was stabbed to death in the living room of his new home in May 2015. He was 76.
Dolly Sooknanan was stabbed six times, but survived.
No one heard the screams of the elderly couple that night but everyone heard their silence.
The front door was opened and the couple had not been seen since the night before.
He was a lonely widower who craved companionship.
She lived alone.
The couple had known each other as children, having lived in the same community all their lives.
And as the years passed, Balkaran Dookie would stop by the womans home on his daily walks for a friendly chat.
Dookie, a pensioner, and Dolly Sooknanan, ten years his senior, would spend hours talking about everything from their grandchildren to politics.
In 2013, the couple moved in together at Sooknanans home at Spring Trace, Quarry Village, Siparia.
And they shared a love which was accepted and respected by their relatives and neighbours.
It was more like a companionship. The both of them were lonely and would enjoy each others company. I would pass by and see them sitting on the front porch, sometimes taking a drink. My father was happy and so was the woman who we called mammy, his son, Mukesh Dookie, said.
Dookie was stabbed to death in the living room of his new home in May 2015. He was 76.
Dolly Sooknanan was stabbed six times, but survived.
No one heard the screams of the elderly couple that night but everyone heard their silence.
The front door was opened and the couple had not been seen since the night before.
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