“They take my son from me..” are the words Petra Auguste, the Mother of Stephan “Tallboy” Eudovique, uttered repeatedly. The mother lost her son after he got shot in the thigh during a robbery of a goods vehicle in which he was a passenger.
Reports indicate that he bled excessively after the injury he sustained at New Belair, Castries. The incident occurred at about 4:20 pm on Tuesday and police have appealed to the public for help in solving the Island’s 74th homicide for the year.
“Stephan was the life of the party, I don’t know why anyone would want to hurt him.” The mother said tearfully. She believes that whoever carried out the armed robbery should have merely taken whatever material things they wanted and go without resorting to violence that claimed the life of her only son. “I don’t know what to do,” she screamed.
Stephan was preparing to celebrate his 28th birthday on Christmas Eve Day. The mother explained that it was unfair to him, as he was preparing to throw a huge celebration. “Everybody around was already in it (the party), and they kill him”
“Everybody knew Stephan, everybody loved him, he was good to me. He was good home.”
The mother shared that in her last conversation with her son he told her that he was hungry just a few minutes before his tragic demise. “He told me to put peas and meat on the fire. When he come he’ll make the dumplings..” She says her worry increased when she repeatedly called his phone, with no answer.
“You cannot hide. God above see you !” The praying mother sternly says to the culprits. “Too many crimes happening in Saint Lucia and they going free. That NOT supposed to happen !” Auguste says in her appeal for justice for her son.
“I miss Stephan so much already…” She said.
