A 4-month old baby, stabbed by her father, a Haitian immigrant after a fight with the mother, is in the intensive care unit at the Hugo Mendoza Pediatric Hospital in Villa Mella. The director of the hospital, Dr. Noldis Naut Subervi, said that the baby is connected to an artificial breathing machine and that the knife injuries have damaged her spinal cord.
Police reported that on Saturday, Luisa Pamela Jean was received stab wounds in the neck from her father, Lounis Jean who has resided in the Las Mercedes barrio of La Victoria in Santo Domingo north for 37 years. According to witnesses, Jean grabbed the baby by the feet outside of the dwelling where she lived with her mother and stabbed her in the neck. The mother of the infant, Patricia Philmar, 17 years old, tried to protect her daughter, but was not able. She later went to a nearby police station to report the assault. When Jean discovered that Philmar had reported the attack, he tried to strangle her. Witnesses to this horrific scene intervened and began beating Jean. Jean, who suffered severe injuries from the beating, was taken taken to the Ney Arias Lora hospital where he died. By the time the Police had arrived at the scene of the crime, they did not have time to intervene as the unruly crowd had added to the chaotic situation.