a man is dead following a stabbing incident while live on tiktok at his home in tunapuna early this morning (thursday 7th march, 2024). the deceased has been identified as 50-year-old marvin humphrey leo monticeux, aka ‘silvers,' of st. augustine circular and davis street, tunapuna. he was a storekeeper with the division of facilities at the uwi st. augustine campus.

according to reports, monticeux was on a tiktok live with a fellow tiktoker, shortly before 2:00 am, when a man entered the room. monticeux stood up and there was a verbal altercation between both men, as they walked out of the room.

moments later, monticeux re-entered the room and was seen on the live stream with blood all over his body, saying he was bleeding out. he subsequently collapsed and the other tiktoker contacted his friend who notified the police.

pc gomez and ramdass of the north central division task force responded to the report and later found monticeux dead inside his home. he was stabbed to death.

the district medical officer (dmo) and other relevant authorities were contacted.

asp ramharrack, sgt. perez, sgt. elvin, cpl. harper and pc franz were among the officers of the north central division and the homi­cide bu­reau of investigations (hbi) re­gion ii, who visited the scene.

investigations are continuing.

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