Police are investigating the brutal murder of two residents
of the rural parish of St. Patrick and the wounding of another man Thursday.
Forty-year-old Samuel Julien, a farmer, was killed while at work on the farm and 35-year-old Leslie Pascal, a mute man, was chopped to death on his way home from work.

These incidents which occurred hours apart happened in two separate villages.
The police report said Mr. Julien received multiple chop wounds to the head .
Mr. Pascal received chop wounds to the head, face and hands. In a third incident, another man, whose name was not given, was beaten by the same suspect in the morning and sustained multiple wounds to his body. He was treated at a clinic.