Bz. City man detained for stabbing girlfriend

A B.D.F. soldier is in police custody tonight, accused of stabbing his common law wife. Police say that on Wednesday, just after noon, twenty-nine year old Marvin Card became embroiled in an argument with eighteen-year-old Janiel Castillo at the house they share on Police Street in Belize City. Castillo allegedly reached for an ice pick and used it to stab Card in his right forearm. According to reports, Card then took the weapon from Castillo and stabbed her several times in the chest, with at least one wound puncturing her heart. Castillo was rushed to the K.H.M.H. where she is listed in serious condition. Card is expected to be charged with attempted murder. In 2001 the B.D.F. solider was in the news for a less serious reason. On patrol near the Guatemalan border, he became separated from his unit and was lost in the jungle for several days.