Police, Family Stumped in Disappearance of Alaine Garcia

Alaine Garcia

Police say the search continues for missing thirty-five-year-old Alaine Garcia of Hattieville. The six-foot-five-inch tall man was last seen alive around five a.m. on Thursday, as he dropped off his wife to catch the bus in the Windmill area of the village. His wife believes that he may have been shot on his return home and has since organized searches in the area. Kelly Neal told News Five today that the searches have come up empty-handed. This morning, Assistant Superintendent of Police Alejandro Cowo confirmed the same, saying that their investigation continues.

Alejandro Cowo

ASP Alejandro Cowo, O.C., C.I.B., Belize City

“On Thursday, the twenty-second of February a female, Kelly Neal of a Hattieville address reported that her common-law husband, Alaine Garcia, a thirty-five-year-old Belizean of that same address, has been missing since that Thursday about five o’clock in the morning. He is about six feet five inches in height, dark complexion, a medium built person with a low haircut. We know that he had left and was seen using a long sports plants and a black and white in color sleeveless polo shirt and a black tennis. The last area he was seen was in the windmill area where he had left walking his wife to the junction for her to come to Belize City to do her daily routine. That was the last time that he was seen alive. At this moment, we are asking for the public’s support if they know anything, if they can assist us. I know that police have been at that location since the report was given in the entire area seeing if they can find anything in terms of the missing person, Mister Garcia.”