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Southern Man Chopped To Death In His Sleep
posted (July 22, 2013)
56 year old Guatemalan Banana Worker Isaac Gutierrez died early this morning after he chopped in his own home yesterday evening. Independence Police arrived at his house at 6:30 last night to find Gutierrez lying down in the center of the floor bleeding profusely from a large cut wound to his neck.

Police learned that earlier on, one Jose Soto arrived at Gutierrez's house on a motorcycle, stormed in and started kicking him. Guttirrez was sleeping off a drinking session, and couldn't wake up. Soto then pulled out a machete from his waist and chopped the sleeping Isaac to his neck.

Soto then rode off.

Gutierrez was rushed to the Southern Regional Hospital in a critical condition where died at 12:10 am. Soto is being sought by police.

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