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Young Woman Found Dead In Her PG Home; Police Say Murder
Fri, July 3, 2015
There was a murder in Punta Gorda Town of 29 year-old woman. Juana Cardinez was discovered early this morning in her Apartment on the outskirts of the town. Her throat was cut, and there was signs that she had been dead for more than 24 hours. We managed to speak with the Commanding Officer of the Punta Gorda Police, who provided additional details as they are known to the investigators at this time. He said that she was reported missing on Wednesday:

Supt. Simeon Alvarez - OC, Punta Gorda Police
"Sometime around 3:45pm Alberto Coleman, 55 years old, ex-common law husband, for one Juana Cardinez, 29 years old, came and made a report for her missing. Reported at the last time, she was seen alive was around 6:45pm. He made checks at her apartment which is situated at the corner of the Jose Maria Nunez St. and King St. However, nobody responded to his call. The police took note of the information and around 7:15am this morning, the police continued the investigation because we made several calls to her phone yesterday. It rang out and no response. So we went with the assistance of the member from the Fire Department, we checked her apartment because stenches was coming from inside the building according to the police that first went on the scene. So as a result of that, they broke open the apartment and there they saw the lifeless body of a female, who was later identified to be Juana Cardinez. She was in the second room and apparently with some injuries from the head. Blood was coming from that particular area. The scene was processed and taken to Punta Gorda hospital where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty."

Daniel Ortiz
"Sir Can you describe these wounds. Was it blunt force or punctured wounds consistent with stabbing?"

Supt. Simeon Alvarez - OC, Punta Gorda Police
"Because the body was almost in a decomposition state the police could have observed a cut wound to the neck and one to her back. At the conclusion of the post mortem, which will be under way today in Belize City, will determine how many stab wounds she may have receive during the ordeal. We suspect that it is a homicide. The keys for her apartment was not found, so we suspected that the person who may have committed the crime, after he had committed the crime he locked the building and then he left with the keys. So we had to forcibly get into the building this morning."

Daniel Ortiz
"Do you believe that this is a crime committed by someone she may have known or some stranger?"

Supt. Simeon Alvarez - OC, Punta Gorda Police
"I strongly believe that it is someone that she's familiar with."

The post mortem was scheduled for today in Belize City.

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