Mother says son is a victim, not a thief

Seventeen year old Conrad Guzman Montes is still in a critical but stable condition tonight after he was stabbed once in the chest on Wednesday morning. The youth underwent surgery last evening and is now in the intensive care unit at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. His prognosis is still guarded and doctors say they continue to monitor his progress, but his family says he is now able to talk. And contrary to one account we got on Wednesday from his friend, Ian Gentle, that Guzman was attempting to rob Westby, Guzman’s mother, Sabina Montes, disagrees.

Sabina Montes, Mother of Stabbing Victim
“Maybe he tek ih walk fi goh out deh because ih know ih uncle like deh out deh wid deh same man di drink and sometimes my bredda ker ah out deh. I mi tell bout dat, I tell ah noh goh out deh because maybe ih noh noh deh lee man weh drunk out deh, he noh know deh. But if my bredda mi deh yah ih mi wah tell yoh he know dis man weh do di stabbing. Deh drink together and deh know dis dah my bredda nephew, all ah deh out deh know dat. I noh think Conrad gwein goh look fi money out deh and he got money eena ih pocket. When the stabbing incident I gone dah di hospital fi find ih clothes and deh tell mi how ih clothes deh deh with ih money and everything weh deh deliver to mi next son.”

Conrad Guzman Montes escaped death by about an inch when the blade that pierced his torso narrowly missed his heart.