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Pregnant Jamaican woman stabbed to death in NY

Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 1:20 PM



KINGSTON, Jamaica - The body of 38-year-old Vindalee Smith said to be a Jamaican mother of four, was found stabbed to death in her Brooklyn home Saturday morning.

Smith was eight months pregnant and due to get married Sunday, the New York Post reported.

The woman who was due to have her baby in two weeks time was found with stab wounds to her neck at her Flatbush home. The baby did not survive. Police are now searching for suspects and a motive for the stabbing death of Smith, reported to be a devout Seventh day Adventist. An autopsy is scheduled to take place today.



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