Inmate killed at Hattieville by fellow con
An inmate at Hattieville prison has been stabbed to death by a fellow convict. The killing occurred around two yesterday afternoon and today, in the absence of official details, News 5’s Jacqueline Woods sought out the dead man’s family.
Jacqueline Woods, Reporting
The Belisle family is still trying to find out exactly what transpired on the grounds of the Hattieville Correctional Facility that led to the murder of twenty-two year old Kirk Belisle.
Theodore Gentle, Brother of Deceased
“Nothing, we noh get a full run down on how my brother got killed, why he get killed, you know, none of that. They say an investigation di goh on, weh noh complete yet that we have to follow up and find out exactly what happened.”
“He nevah did say that somebody threaten he or nothing, noh even complain about the treatment dah prison. He mi deh dah the institution for correction fi do his time. He gone in deh living and he dead yesterday.”
According to a police press release, Belisle, who was incarcerated for aggravated burglary, was on recreation time at the welding section when he allegedly attacked a fellow inmate, Philip Tillett. Tillett in return stabbed Belisle in his right upper chest with a knife. Theodore Gentle says he observed two stab wounds on his brother’s body, but is awaiting the results of a post mortem examination. The Belisle Family says they are equally upset because prison authorities did not informed them about the incident until some two and a half hours later. By that time Belisle had died while undergoing an operation at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.
Theodore Gentle
“Somebody should have called from the prison, because they have the number and everything, to say like there has been an accident, they will be at the Karl Heusner, so that somebody could deh by his side or something, you know okay something. None of that happen, when we got the news dah because he done dead and they done ship ah to the morgue.”
“I believe in an eye for an eye, personally if you asked me. I dah want to see justice, that the hang thing that everybody is talking about, I would like to see that or I will attempt to try sue them you know.”
Jacqueline Woods
“Why?”
Theodore Gentle
“Well I lost a brother, my ma lost her son, you know. My brother died leaving a little boy three years old, his little son. Nobody can replace him, the damage happen. I noh think dem people have enough money to replace a pa, brother or a son, so I more deh on the side of justice.”
Jacqueline Woods for News 5.
News 5 tried to get in touch with the Hattieville Correctional Facility, but our numerous calls remain unanswered.
