Police are now investigating the killing a 31-year-old Jamaican woman that took place in Barbados on Saturday.

According to reports from the Stabroek News, Natoya 'Chubby' Ewers was murdered close to her home in Gemswick, St Philip, in front of horrified witnesses.

According to police reports, about 7:30 p.m., the mother of three had a violent altercation with a man that left her with multiple chop wounds all over her body.

THE STAR understands that a "person of interest" is still being sought in connection with the killing.