UPDATE: FAMILY WIPED OUT

A family of four – a man, his wife and two children – were found dead in a secluded back road in Toco yesterday.

They have been identified as Barry Choon, a doubles vendor, his wife Shalini Soodeo Choon who also works as a doubles vendor and the two children, seven-year-old Akeila and seven-month-old Jacob.

Initial reports indicate the children and the wife may have been killed by Barry who then turned the weapon which claimed their lives – a box cutter – on himself.
Police are still trying to co firm the circumstances surrounding the death of the family of four, and are hoping an autopsy, expected to be done next week at the Forensic Science Centre in St James would shed light on the situation.

According to police, at about 3 pm a passer-by peeked into the window of the family’s white Nissan AD wagon and saw the grisly scene. Police officers who processed the scene were told that the villagers had seen the car parked on the side of the road and thought it suspicious.

Investigators told Newsday the father mother and eldest child all suffered from wounds to the throat but the baby did not bare any wounds. Police believe baby Joshua may have suffocated in the car.
Newsday was also told the family was last seen at about 5 pm the day before.

The deaths sent shock waves through the Toco community. Sangre Grande/Toco Regional Corporation chairman Terry Rhondon could only describe the multiple murders as “sad.”

Rhondon said, “The people of Sangre Grande/Toco Regional Corporation extend their deepest condolences to the family. This is a family-oriented village so we look out for each other here. I wish I were here to tell that man to stop what he was doing.”
Rhondon called on the nation to pray so that something like this incident would not happen again.

This story was originally published with the title "Breaking...Man kills entire family" and has been adjusted to include additional details. See original post below.

POLICE are currently at the scene of a suspected murder/suicide in Toco.

Reports are sketchy at the moment but what police are saying is that sometime after 3 pm today, a man slit the throats of his wife and two children at their home in Toco before going into a car and ending his life.

Newsday crime reporter RYAN HAMILTON-DAVIS and photographer ROGER JACOB are at the scene of this developing story and updates will be made when information comes in.