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Mar 21, 2022

Man Attending Wake Disappears; Found Shot to Death on Cristo Rey Road

Henry Baptist

A man’s body was discovered on the Cristo Rey Road in the Cayo District over the weekend. The discovery was made by a passerby who then called the police.  The victim was identified as Henry Baptist, who had been attending a wake before he disappeared. Fitzroy Yearwood tells us more.

 

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood

ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department

“San Ignacio police visited an area on the Cristo Rey Road, Cristo Rey Village Cayo District, where they saw the motionless body of a dark complexion male in a pool of blood. When they did closer observations they saw multiple gunshot wounds to his body. He has since been identified as Henry Charles Baptist, forty-four years Belizean, of Santa Elena Town. Mr. Baptist’s body was transported to the San Ignacio Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a medical officer. This was sometime around six a.m. on Sunday. Mr. Baptist was in the village from the night before attending a wake for a relative. And, sometime after one a.m. he walked off without telling anyone where he was going. But, it is until the following morning his body was discovered. That person called police stating what they saw.  He has had his fair share of run-ins with the law. Apparently, there were persons in Cristo Rey Village in the past that he may have offended.”


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