Another futile attempt at locating the remains of twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young, despite investigators following all leads forwarded to the C.I.B. office in Belize City. On Wednesday, officers combed an area in northern Belize District where they were told her body may have been buried. That effort, after raking through a swath of land, was fruitless. […]
There is also very little progress to report on the disappearance of Ivor “Iverson” Neal. The whereabouts of the KBH security guard is unknown since he was last seen a little over a week ago, near the outskirts of Belmopan. Speculation is widespread and the family of the missing twenty-three-year-old has its own theory as […]
Fifty-three-year-old Benson Jerry Butler is also missing. The resident of West Lake Area of Western Paradise Village left home en route to Belize City to run some errands around eight on the morning of December second and has not been seen or heard from since. The family says that this is the first time Butler […]
There are at least seven other persons reported as missing across the country. In respect of an ostensible increase, the police department has come forward to inform the public that a report can be filed at any time, without having to wait for a forty-eight-hour period to elapse before doing so. ASP Alejandro Cowo, […]
Good Samaritan Marcus Ack was driving his vehicle when he stopped and picked up a man whom he recognized. That hitchhiker turned around and stabbed Ack to death. Police have since identified the man as twenty-six-year-old Hubert Junior Taylor of Dangriga, who was charged with murder on Wednesday. According to Police, Ack was driving to […]
A Benque Viejo resident is luckily to be alive after he was shot four times to the body and head on Tuesday night. Roberto Galvez was ambushed as he returned home on a motorcycle. Today police said some seven expended shells were recovered from the scene and they are following several leads. The forty-five-year-old victim […]
With Christmas around the corner, criminals are on the loose. At around six-forty-five on Wednesday night, robbers who were not wearing masks held up a man at a gas depot in Ranchito Village, Corozal. The two thieves got away with an assortment of personal belongings from the watchman at the property. Police share the details […]
Another robbery took place in Lord’s Bank and the victim is a female resident. According to the victim, she was walking along with a family member when she came under attack by a robber. Her purse and other personal belongings were stolen by the thief who fled the scene. Police say they don’t have an […]
In twelve days, 2018 will come to a close. Today, we went through the archives to see how the country has fared off as it relates to the crippling issue of crime. The stats of the Belize Crime Observatory show that in comparison to the same period in 2017, the murder count has edged up […]
Twenty-six-year-old Hubert Taylor, a resident of Dangriga, has been charged for murder. His arrest and arraignment follows a deadly attack on the Southern Highway on Monday morning when he reportedly stabbed a motorist with a knife to the right side of the chest. Sometime around nine o’clock, Marcos Ack, who was headed towards Independence Village, […]
There was an attempt made on the life of a Benque Viejo resident on Tuesday night. Just before ten p.m. as forty-three-year-old Roberto Galvez arrived at his Church Hill Street house in that western town, a gunman targeted him. Residents say at least ten blasts echoed in the distance and Galvez was hit up to […]
The family of twenty-three-year-old Ivor “Iverson” Neal has scoured the outer limits of Belmopan, near El Rancho, in search of him. He was last seen at that location a week ago. Since then, there has been no contact with the K.B.H. security guard and tonight, the fear is that he may have been harmed, as […]
As with the case of Anisha Young, who is also missing, the family says it has reached out to the police department for assistance, but the response thus far has been unsatisfactory. Neal describes his son as a cool person, despite being a bit quick-tempered. Isani Cayetano “As a parent, what is your worst […]
A family in the island of San Pedro came under attack over the weekend. Their home in the San Pablo area was shot multiple times and police have recovered numerous expended shells. The investigation, which involves the U.S. Federal Bureau, is ongoing at this time, but points to Lucinda Turley’s husband who resides in the […]
Despite the offer of a hefty reward on information of her whereabouts, Anisha Young remains missing. Her family has now turned to Jose Luis Espat, who has previously assisted families in similar circumstances. The twenty-three-year-old has been missing for more than a week after leaving a nightclub in a taxi along with her boyfriend. While […]
There’s another missing person’s report. Tonight, the family of twenty-three-year-old Ivor Neal is concerned about his whereabouts after he was reported missing on Sunday afternoon. According to relatives, the Belize City resident was last seen alive a week ago in the vicinity of Saint Matthews Village and El Rancho, near the outskirts of Belmopan. The […]
Annually, the Commissioner of Police would carry out a tour to the various jurisdictions. Today, he headed to the cayes where he met with the rank and file of the San Pedro Police sub-formation. Its purpose is to acknowledge officers for a job well done as well as to find out what are the challenges […]
As part of its efforts to mitigate crime and violence during the Christmas Season, the Belize Police Department is offering a free escort service to business owners wishing to deposit large sums of money at the bank. While safety tips have been shared with downtown shoppers, similar advice is being given to store owners on […]
There were a number of shooting across the country but we go south where two men were murdered in separate incidents. A motorist giving a hitchhiker a ride to Independence was murdered this morning near the outskirts of the village. Marcus Ack had just pulled over to the side of the road to give a […]
The other murder in southern Belize involved a Guatemalan national who was viciously hacked to death in Bladen Village on Friday evening. Police say forty-one-year-old Marcus Chen was chopped multiple times by a group of siblings with whom he had gotten into an altercation while walking towards the river to go fishing. According to Assistant […]
Twenty-three-year-old Anisha Young remains missing over a week after she was last seen catching a cab on the entertainment strip. With every day that passes by, the glimmer of hope that the young woman may still be alive continues to fade. But her loved ones aren’t giving up the search for her just yet. Earlier […]
Two residents from Roaring Creek, Cayo, are recuperating tonight following a shooting over the weekend in the village. The two victims of gun violence were among a group of persons when they came under attack by a lone gunman. The families of Amner Morales and Celio Ogaldez say the two were not involved in any […]
Was the shooting of seventeen-year-old Norman Haulze, in Ladyville on Saturday morning, retaliation for a murder that took place at Pier One a week ago? Haulze’s older brother, Leroy, is on remand at the Belize Central Prison for a firearm offense. He claims that police are trying to pin him for the murder of Asher […]
Safety tips on how to avoid getting mugged while out shopping during the Christmas Season are an important part of your holiday guide. This afternoon, top cop Chester Williams gave advice on how to go about your business safely while shopping or withdrawing money from the bank. It’s a set of rules that apply to […]
A fisherman from the King’s Park area of Belize City remains missing and his family and friends fear that he is lost at sea. Thirty-two-year-old Greg Dillon left home on Saturday on a routine trip to his fishing camp. He went diving for lobsters on Sunday and by Monday left the camp at Turneffe en […]
