David White dies from burns; will Lavern be charged with murder?
David White
On July fifteenth David White, the common-law-husband of court personality, Lavern Longsworth was doused and set on fire during an argument at their home on Castle Street. White died this morning at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized since the incident. Longsworth, who is known as a victim of domestic abuse, was originally charged with the attempted murder, but that charge will now be upgraded and the office of the Director of Public Prosecution will determine whether the charge will be murder or manslaughter. Over the weekend, reports were rampant that Longsworth had been beaten up by White’s relatives. It was also alleged that acid was thrown in her face. Though her face is badly damaged, she denied the rumors of the beating and told News Five that she hopes the court will charge her with the lesser offense.
Jose Sanchez
“There were some rumors that somebody may have beaten your face. What happened?”
Lavern Longsworth, Facing New Charges for Death of David White
“I noh know weh happen. Tuesday I get up and I gone work and I deh out deh so my face just get swell up. I gone dah hospital Thursday and dis dah di outcome ah mi face right now. Nobody no throw nothing pan me as weh dehn seh dat somebody throw acid pan me. Nobody no do me nothing.”
Lavern Longsworth
“He always thief mi things and I always have to go pay back fi get back mi things dehn. Sometimes dah problems when I go fi get back mi things dehn from people cause dehn halla he neva lef it deh. Dehn would ah lie or when I do get it back if I get back my phone, I noh get back di chip. Every time I have to pay fi get my thing dehn. Many times dah night I would ah di sleep and have to get up fi look fi something cause he ker it. One and two time we mi fight and so wah time he mi beat mi bad inna mi face fi five dollars. I wah neva forget dat because mi son mi deh da jail. Three weeks mi eye mi shet down weh ih beat mi fi mi five dollars.”
Jose Sanchez
“David has passed away and more than likely the charge is going to be changed, there is a possibility you could face a murder charge or a manslaughter charge. How are you going to handle this?”
Lavern Longsworth
Lavern Longsworth
“I feel bad bout weh happen because my pickni wah punish now because I wah have to go dah jail and I have my baby weh disabled.”
Jose Sanchez
“Lavern, that night did he beat you? What happened?”
Lavern Longsworth
“Ih no beat me, ih only haul di knife after me and dah he bring di gas inna di room because he always do it. I sorry fi weh happen because dah me wa take di licking now.”
Jose Sanchez
“Do you believe you should be charged with a lesser charge?”
Lavern Longsworth
“Definitely. I noh want get charged wid murder; I no mind get charge fi di manslaughter. At least I could get bail and deh out yah fi help my pickni dem. But if I go to jail who will help dehn? Right now my son fi get bail Friday, I noh even know if dehn wah give ah bail. Me dah ma and pa fi my three pickni dehn.”
Jose Sanchez
“At this point you haven’t been charged with anything. Some people may think that you’re hiding. Are you in hiding?”
Lavern Longsworth
“I’m not in hiding. I ready fi stand up fi anything cause dah my rights. I stand up fi my kids dehn and fi myself. I noh di hide from nobody. Everybody got my number and dehn got my business card, dehn could always call me. And I noh cut off mi phone from nobody.”
Up to this afternoon, the charge sheet had not been amended and Longsworth, a mother of three, was still on bail in the sum of six thousand dollars for the original charge of attempted murder.
i hope they dont charge her with murder i am sorry to here the guy dead but you have to know the whole story before you judge i will be praying for the family of the david and also for lavern god bless
I Say Mek We Bring Back Moses Law. An Eye For An Eye. Tooth For A Tooth. Burn Up Dat …. LaVerne. Because Dat …. Weh She Do To David White.
Regardless of the outcome, this situation is tragic & should be a lesson to everyone who chooses to tolerate abuse. She should not be prosecuted but needs therapy which is probably not available to her.
This woman reached out to her abuser’s family to seek visitation with him. The damage to her face suggests that she is lying about the assault that caused the ugly scars. Covering for whomever burned her face in an effort to fall on her sword & give this family their pound of flesh benefits no one including these ignoramuses who bred the thieving animal who abused her. It does explain why this man had no conscience & chose someone who had no support system.
Dickey, Samson, somebody- try some pro bono work, this woman needs you.
If he brought the gas into the room then he was trying to intimidate her,i don’t think her charge should be murder it should be manslaughter, and when her case do come up i’m sure the DPP can pull a nolle pros for he, hell she’s been doing it for everybody else………………………..
Are we serious here people??? If it was your son, borther, uncle a family member would u truly be ok with this woman lighting your family up and putting them on fire?! I understand why the family didnt answer her back is she so insane to believe that they would welcome her with open arms and say come visit him when she is the one that put him there! She should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law because many women are abused and that is tragic because am a woman myself and no-one wants to be in that situation but she said herself that she got tired of him, he wasnt beating her that night he just took her money she should have reported him to the cops not take matters in her own hands and kill the man thats why Belize has the murder rate it has right now and if u encourage everyone with a story to kill we will never get back to the Belize that we once had!
Well her … should go to jail, come on if you are accepting a man to abuse you then deal with it or leave, I personally think about myself and my kids before any man, more woman should think like that, it’s not worth it, they are not worth it..Peopke in abusive relationship with kids should learn from this and move on.
THIS CASE IS HORENDOUS NEEDS QUITE GOOD INVESTIGATION FROM ALL ANGLES.
well to me she did the right thing,i understand her if someone is beating her come onn people he got what was coming if she did not did that he would do it to here sooner or later big up
well to me she did the right thing,i understand her if someone is beating her come onn people he got what was coming if she did not did that he would do it to here sooner or later big up in her case she will go to jail
Should have reported abuse…took law into own hands..now in trouble…if she goes to jail, who will care for the kids??? She should have thought of that.
I dont condone violence worst if its against women and children but there are organizations where a woman can get help.
Wish her luck. Poor kids! They are always the ones that pay at the end of the day.
Too bad we don’t think before we react now someone child is dead she chose to be in abusive relationship she could have leave however i do feel bad about her leaving her kids but hey it is what it is Laverne gonna get her time in Jail because she is not a gangbanger n in belize only the gangbangers get off of murder so they can come back on the streets and do it again I am praying for u girl but DOMESTIC ABUSE IS NOT THE ANSWER
Eugene White…. you stupid buay! That dah weh he mi deserve…. imi bloody chacy!
We all crying after the fact but she defended herself he should learn to have kept his hands in his pocket and as for his family where were they? if they so loved him why didn’t they speak to him I don’t think she was wrong her back was to the wall and she did what she had to do domestic violence should never be tolerated where are the advocates? You’re in my prayers.
naw she shuddn’t be charged with murder!
I don’t believe she’s getting charged. That’s why many people do not speak up when they know about crimes because the wrong persons always get charged. this poor woman wass acting in self defence and now she has to pay with a charge plus pay with the possibility of going to jail? Shouldn’t all those years of torture and abuse and living in hell be enough jail time. she should now be allowed to live a humane life. What’s wrong with our justice system!!!
i agree bla loverkelly
OMG….!!!!Someone clearly burnt up that woman face she seems so vulnerable she no even wah tell the truth…..
Well now she knows what burns feel like!
there goes it agian … thes people need to be shown how to love, respet each other….soory for her … imagine to be beaten up for a 5 bill.. whichin the man shoulb be bringin in a 5 bill of his own towards their household. so sad
It may be devastating to lose a love one but things would have not occurred if he was not looking for it. i believe the woman is just defending herself. “Enough is Enough”. Yes she may not have taken the matter in her own hands but again we cant trust the law enforcement here because they are putting the innocent behind bars while the real murders are still walking the street. Let god be the judge to that for he is the one that knows the truth. i wish the woman good luck.
i feel sorry for the children because they will suffer greatly without parents. and no one can replace that position in their life
Violence is never an option or the answer to any situation! it leads to more tension and anger in the world, this incident didn’t have to end this way and it also didn’t need to start out as was stated,
I hope the cool air of time will lessen the fire of stress that has ignited on the lives of the people involved. Nothing but PEACE, God Bless!
no charges should be brought against Laverne, obviously this domestic abuse has been going on for sometime and I think she was at her breaking point. People, if a relationship is not working cut your losses and move on. Life goes on
How will she even explain to her kids that she is responsible for their father’s death.Very sad situation.
God.. really have a way. Of showin people who is in control
Listen guys, this is a woman who has been abuse, how many woman are silent with it. She did what she needed to do honestly I would have not kill him but made him suffer with a definite scar. Sorry that one less ignorant A is dead but he should not hit a woman he was not a man to hell with the family. I would not have call them or text. Hope it works out for her.
will keep Laverne in prayers and yes it should be a lesson to women who tolerate abuse from their mates….too bad and too sad when it is already too late and yu foot inna fiya pat….sorry fi poor Laverne a hope she does’nt go to jail for a long time.
i wa pray haad fi lavern caz she ina wa horrible situation. if she go da jail she kids wa sufa,if she stay out ya dem wa finish the job fi david caz it obvious revenge done stat. anybody mi a defend dem self frm such a beast. Nobody else wa defend wi. only God can JUDGE us. have faith lavern.
You people should stop listening to the rants of a mad woman. First of all her kids do not even live with. She committed the crime in front of her youngest son (he loved David, ask his father how the child is doing) who is now raumatized by the incident, so much so that his father had to remove him from the house and is in support of David by the way. All of you who are praising her for committing thist heinuous crime should get down on your knees and pray to God that you will never have to endure the pain and agony that David did and his family is going through.
no monkey seh dem monkey ugly….I am a mother and pray I never fit into this statistic…..Mothers leave your dirty son’s alone to pay for their dirty deeds….to each his own.
she always changes her damn story!
THATS WHY HER FACE IS EFFFED UP EVEN MORE!!!
SHE LIES EVERYTIME I HAVE HEARD MANY STORIESBFROM HERVSHE INTENDED TO KILL THAT MAN!
Wake up the man god rest his soul, was a no good thief who stole to stoke his habit. lavern scrapped and saved for her kids all her life and was beaten for her meager earnings. The law should recognize that she has been abuse by him for nearly 9 years when he has been out of prison, they should be leanient and think of the poor kids. He did not love david he used to beat the poor child and even thive from him.
Remember Lavern your family loves you always.
The F refuse to stop being a curse to poor lavern even in his well deserved death.
Poor lavern and her kids lost even if they won in this situation.
This is the time we hope the court will fail like they mostly do and lavern will walk.