The man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife in a St. Thomas hotel room is being held on $2 million bail. Defendant Tizoni Mahoney was initially charged with the murder and assault of Marieni Heredia Tiburcio at the time of his arrest.
Tiburcio’s lifeless body was found in a room at Galleon House on Government Hill Aug. 29. Investigators said the victim had a single gunshot wound to the head.
The couple was married on June 16; since there had been reported incidents of violence between the husband and wife, including a report from Port Authority Police about a woman asking for help after jumping out of a moving car near the Cyril E. King Airport on July 3.
Mahoney turned himself in at the Richard Callwood Police Command later in the day on Aug 29.
At an initial court appearance held after the Labor Day holiday weekend, Superior Court Magistrate Judge Paula Norkadis upheld a premeditated murder charge brought by the V.I. Police Department Investigations Bureau, along with 13 other offenses — all linked to domestic violence.
Norkadis also fashioned conditions for pretrial release if the defendant could post a $1 million bond in cash or property.
So far, there is no record of Mahoney having paid the bond, which means he remains in custody at the Bureau of Corrections.
He is scheduled to appear at an arraignment hearing on Sept. 19.
