Salvadoran Woman Chopped to Head in Domestic Dispute

Police are looking for Salvadoran national, Rene Gonzalez. Gonzalez is wanted for an attack on his common-law wife Romelia Ical, who was chopped to the head during a domestic dispute between the couple around eight-thirty on Saturday night. Police responded to the incident off the George Price Highway near mile one and a half to find Ical with a large cut wound to her head. Minutes later, an ambulance arrived and Ical was rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital where she remains in a stable condition. According to residents in the area, there is a history of domestic violence between the couple, but police say that there is no record of reports made to any of its precincts. Senior Superintendent Hilberto Romero says that Gonzalez is on the run, but they believe he is still in country.

Hilberto Romero

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, Deputy Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch

“Upon arrival, they found Romelia Ical, thirty-one years, with a chop wound to the head. Investigation reveals that she was at home along with her children and she had a domestic dispute with her common-law husband who proceeded to chop her to the head. She received treatment at the K.H.M.H. and is at the hospital in a stable condition. The common-law-husband has not been found and we are looking for him at this time.”

Reporter

“Are there any reports or history of domestic violence?”

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero

“Not that we know of.”

Hipolito Novelo

“And the husband, you are considering him being on the run?”

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero

“Yes he is on the run and we posted a wanted poster. He is a Salvadoran.”

Reporter

“Is it believed that he may be making his way to that country?”

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero

“That is a possibility, but we are looking for him here in Belize.”