Salvadoran electrocuted while tapping meter

A post mortem scheduled for Tuesday should tell authorities what caused the death of twenty-nine year old Damian Recinos. Recinos’s motionless body was found lying next to an electric meter situated outside of the compound where he resided in the St. Martin De Porres area of Belize City. Police say based on their preliminary investigation they believe Recinos may have been the victim of an electrocution that occurred after he tried to connect a CD player to the meter. The electronic device was found in the deceased’s hand.

Authorities say they were called to the scene after receiving a report by area resident Charles Stamp who made the discovery. Stamp has told the police that around eleven on Saturday night he was inside his house along with his wife when they experienced what they believed to be a blackout. According to Stamp, he went outside to check what was happening and that’s when he came upon the body. Recinos, who is a refugee from El Salvador, would have celebrated his thirtieth birthday on the twenty-seventh of this month.