At the top of the Newscast, we told you about the murder of Orlando Williams, and the shooting of Marco Valle which happened last night, but there was a death which occurred on New Year's Eve, which didn't make the news.
It concerns the death of 74 year-old Hector Hylton, a mechanic of Lopez Workshop, who was found dead at his workplace at around 1:30 p.m. on December 31.
Police don't believe that anyone murdered him, but his family believes strongly that they are wrong.
They spoke to us this evening, and they told us that his nose was bashed in, and his body was posed to look like he fell from the top of a container.
Here's how his daughter told us about the finish of the autopsy, and their suspicions based on what they found:
Deltrude Hylton - Daughter of Deceased
"Based on our knowledge, and from what we saw, we know that it is not something of the normal. We know that our dad was killed, by who, we're not so sure as yet, but we're giving the police their time to do their interview. They're saying that he fell from off a double container, and this was told to us on the scene by the police officers who came after us. They said that he fell from off those containers. The employees on the ground know that our dad does not climb heights. Even they said it to the police that he doesn't climb high. So then, for us to believe this story is out of order. So then, looking at it, they're trying to tell us, and from what I gathered this morning from someone inside, they're telling us that our dad committed suicide. I know that somebody beat my dad, and his skull was fractured."
Marion Ali - Love News
"Was there also an injury on the neck?"
Deltrude Hylton
"Right here in the clavicle area, one injury above here, and one below. At this moment, our biggest concern is to bury our dad, after we bury him, then we'll take it to the other step. And for the time being, I'm hoping and praying that the police will do a proper investigation, and bring some justice to this family to ease our hearts."
According to his family, Hylton was a faithful and trustworthy employee of the company for over 30 years.
His death is not recorded as a homicide - so that leaves the 2012 total unofficially at 145 - again, the highest ever. That gives Belize a murder rate of 46 per one hundred thousand, the highest we've ever recorded, but still far lower than Honduras which should be at the top of the global list this year with 91 murders per hundred thousand.
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