Police question three, seek one in Brannon murders
Belize City police have detained three suspects in connection with the double homicide of Kevin and Philip Brannon. Said Perdomo, Brian Kee and Ricardo Aguilar are tonight in police custody while authorities have yet to detain a fourth man, Taedron Bennett. On Monday, one of the shooting victims, Basil Brannon, identified Aguilar and Bennett as the two young men who got into a scuffle with them as they were leaving the Belize City Centre following a concert. In the interview with News Five’s Jacqueline Godwin, Brannon claimed Aguilar threatened his Brother Philip’s life. According to the authorities, sometime this morning Perdomo and Kee, in the company of their attorney Michael Peyrefitte, turned themselves into the police. Aguilar was also accompanied by his attorney, Ellis Arnold. Today, authorities are remaining very tight lipped about their ongoing investigation and refused to answer any questions regarding the detentions. With these three men in custody police have released James Busch, better known as D.J. Busch. Busch, who was initially detained in connection with the killings, has only been charged with the possession of controlled drugs after a search of his home yielded six point one grams of cannabis. Busch’s vehicle was also released and police say they do not believe it was the grey Tracker that followed the Brannon car on the night of the killings.
Meanwhile, police say they looking suspiciously at a report filed by the father of one of the suspects, fifty seven year retired Comptroller of Customs, Efrain Aguilar. According to authorities Aguilar reported that on Monday sometime between nine a.m. and six in the evening his house at number six, Sixteenth Street in Kings Park, was burglarized. The only item the thief or thieves managed to take was a nine millimetre pistol and ten rounds of ammunition that belonged to his son, the detained Ricardo Aguilar. On Monday police told the media that based on their investigation they believe the murder weapon was a nine millimetre pistol. At the crime scene a total of nineteen expended shells were recovered.
Meanwhile Basil Brannon and Mervin Humes remain at Universal Health Services recovering from their injuries.
