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Jan 4, 2000

Murder suspect sought by police

Tonight police are on the lookout for an alleged murderer. Twenty-nine year old Victor Galvez is wanted for a killing that took place at the Cabbage Ridge area near Bomba in the Belize District. According to police they believe that on December twenty-fifth around four in the evening, Galvez was with one Nehemia Peraza Lopez, a twenty-five year old Honduran and a sixteen-year-old youth. The trio, who worked together, was drinking when a fight broke out. Police say their investigations have revealed that Galvez pulled out a machete and chopped Lopez in the head. Lopez’s decomposed body was not discovered until December thirty-first when one Albert Arthurs was sent out to the area to check on the workers. Galvez could not be found. Victor Galvez is five feet, seven inches in height, weighs around one hundred and seventy-five pounds, has dark hair, brown eyes and brown complexion. He is considered to be armed and dangerous. If anyone knows his whereabouts you are asked to call the nearest police station.


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