Brother Fatally Stabs Brother in Bella Vista Village  

We begin this evening’s newscast with a case of fratricide in Bella Vista Village, where a brother turned on his brother while they were drinking. The two reportedly got embroiled in an altercation, and in the process, one ended up dead. The incident got out of control when thirty-seven-year-old John Bo struck his younger brother, twenty-six-year-old Matyas Carlos Bo in the head with an object and Matyas reacted with deadly force, stabbing John in the chest with a screwdriver. The pair was arguing over a bottle of rum initially, but it soon included other issues, according to their father. Police have arrested and charged Matyas Bo with murder while their father is preparing to bury John. News Five’s Marion Ali spoke with Mariano Bo about how the incident has spun his life upside down. Here’s the story.

 

Marion Ali, Reporting

Thirty-seven-year-old John Bo is dead from a stab wound to the chest. The accused murderer is his brother, twenty-six-year-old Matyas Carlos Bo.  The siblings were drinking in Bella Vista Village for much of Wednesday morning, along with a friend. Throughout their lives, the two brothers reportedly lived well together and were always there for each other.

 

Mariano Bo, Father of Bo Brothers

“They eat together. They drink together. I don’t see what happened. I don’t know. I really don’t understand it. I don’t know why.  There are two brothers who love one another. They take part for one another.”

 

Mariano Bo was at home sometime around eleven a.m., when Matyas arrived, apparently wounded. Matyas told his father that John hit him in the head and that he, in turn, stabbed John.

 

Mariano Bo

“Da bwai come in, I see a big cut pahn ih head. I tell ah, what happened? I tell ah. I see ih come in, I see ih full of blood. Then ih tell me John Bo beat me, ih seh. Why unu di fight, I tell ah. Unu da brothers, I tell ah. I think I stab ah too, but I don’t know for real, ih seh. I lost.”

 

Police responded to a report in the village on Wednesday, around ten-forty-seven a.m., and upon their arrival, they discovered the body of John Bo, with a fatal stab wound. An initial investigation revealed that Bo was socializing at his house when his brother fatally stabbed him. While reports are that the brothers were arguing over a bottle of rum that they were consuming, Mariano Bo told News 5 that he believes his sons had gotten into a fight over a female friend who he saw when he passed by John’s house just minutes before the incident happened.

 

Mariano Bo

“I just passed there about fifteen minutes when this thing happened. I talked to the two of them. I talked to the next one, Matyas. I tell ah, Matyas, go home I tell ah.” Yes, but I feel bad,” he tell me. “I done get enough.” I said, go home and go rest. I tell ah. They were drinking. And the next one, John. I tell ah, John, I mi think you gone da work today, I tell ah. He said, “no, daddy., he said, “I can’t work. I wa drink til I dead. The lady mi deh right deh with dehn.”

 

Marion Ali

“So the friend was a female who was with them?”

 

Mariano Bo

“Yeah. I di try contact she I di try find she right now, fi talk to she, ask her what happened. I don’t see she nowhere.”

 

Matyas’ mother has been living with Mariano Bo since his older son, John, was a little boy and she helped Mariano to raise him. She had advised him to give up drinking.

 

Linda Cucul, Mother of Carlos Matyas

“I always advise he when he come to me. I talk to him, tell him stop drink, stop drink. Yes Lin, Like that ih tell mi. Yes, Lin. I wanna stop, but I know how to stop them. You have to stop. I tell  go work. Continue work. You don’t have to drink.”

 

For Mariano Bo, it’s difficult to lose both sons because of violence.

 

Mariano Bo

“I feel bad, I feel bad. Like I said, the two of them in one family, that’s no joke. That’s no joke. I feel it.”

Marion Ali for News Five.