On February 13, 2008, Samos' body was found in a cane field just north of Tulum Village; he had been shot in the left side of the face and left to die.

Police later arrested and charged Haylock, who was 19 at the time, based on purely circumstantial evidence. The next day, after the body was discovered, police determined that his taxi and cell phone were missing.

According to Samos' wife, when she realized that he was missing, she started to call his cell phone, and she eventually spoke to a man who told her that Haylock had sold him the phone hours ago. Police also tracked the vehicle down in Belize City; it was parked at a residence on Neal Penn Road.

When police asked the owner of the house about it, he said that he gave Haylock permission to park it there. Police thought they had a solid case against Haylock and they charged him 9 days later.

We fast forward to last week, when the crown counsel, Sheniza Smith, tried to get a caution statement from the accused admitted into evidence. In the statement, Haylock admitted to having some interaction with the deceased on that day.

Haylock told police that he was selling marijuana, and that he used Samos as a transporter of the controlled drug between himself and another man who he allegedly got his supplies from. Haylock also told police that Samos was also the one who made contact between himself and this man.

Haylock continued that on the day in question, he went to speak with this intermediary and the man gave him a vehicle to take to Belize to license and insure.

During a trial within this trial, Haylock testified that he was beaten and forced to give the caution statement against his will. After all the evidence was presented, Justice Hanomansingh ruled that the statement was inadmissible into evidence.