Body on Turneffe tied to drug trade

Details remain sketchy tonight but police reports to News Five are that this afternoon a badly decomposing corpse was discovered on a small caye within the Turneffe Atoll. The deceased has since been identified as thirty-eight year old Francis Longsworth of Castle Street in Belize City, employed as a watchman on Hog Island. Cause of death has been certified as multiple gunshot wounds. Because of the advanced state of decomposition, the post mortem was conducted on the site and Longsworth’s body was transported to Belize City for immediate burial. As for a motive for the crime, it is suspected that Longsworth’s death is associated with the discovery of cocaine following a wet drop in the area earlier this month.