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Man Detained for BELAM Murder Investigation
posted (October 2, 2012)
Police have detained one suspect in the home invasion murder of Belizean American retiree, 53 year old Robert Lewis.

Lewis was stabbed to death inside his home theater at his residence in the Maya Mopan area of Belmopan. The suspect - who is known to police as a burglar - was caught in Cayo with an injured thumb.

You will recall that the culprit appeared to have cut his hand and left bloodstains all over the home and on the fence. The culprit was looking for cash and a gun and ignored a large quantity of jewelry in the home. There were no signs of forced entry.

The wife of the deceased Ursula Patnett Lewis saved herself by jumping form a 15 foot balcony where she fractured her hand. In other news, police have identified the person killed on the ginger farm in St. Margaret's Village. He is a Honduran food vendor from the Collet area of Belize City, 21 year old Christian Alexander Landeverde.

He told his wife he was going south to buy oranges and left in his truck. That truck is what his friends used to escape when they abandoned him in the ginger field after he was shot by farm owner Jose Echevarria.

The vehicle was found abandoned near Belmopan.

Police found that Echeverria was protecting his farm from thieves and was allegedly shot at first - so he is not expected to be charged.

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