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Belmopan police are tonight investigating the murder of 29 year-old Zoila Elizabeth Garcia, a resident of the Las Flores area of Belmopan.

Garcia is a well-known BTL and SMART! phone top agent, and her family believes that sometime before 8 p.m., she was going to deposit her earnings to her boss, and that's when someone ambushed her, shot her in the head, left her on the street and stole the money.

That's one of two theories that investigators are looking into, and today, ASP Sinquest Martinez updated the media about what his officers have discovered so far:

ASP Sinquest Martinez - OC, Belmopan Police
"Police were on mobile patrol last night, when they came across Elizabeth Garcia's body. We processed the scene; the body was taken to the Western Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor. So far, what we have gathered is that there are two different angles that were are following as it pertains to this investigation. I am not at liberty to divulge them because that could have an impact on the investigation. We are following them; the post-mortem, as we speak, is being conducted in Belize City, today. We have no leads as yet. We need to establish those; we need to find a motive. We have one person detained."

Evelyn Marlene Garcia - Sister of Deceased
"My sister was very friend. I knew that she had a lot of friends, and she was friendly with everyone. She used to sell credit, and I guess that is how people got to know her better. She was very outgoing. She likes to travel a lot, laugh a lot."

Reporter
"What will be one of the things you remember most about her?"

Evelyn Marlene Garcia
"That would be her love as a sister. We shared everything we had with each other. I don't know; it's just hard for me. We used to go out together. We used to share our personal problems, and try to be together. I just want justice because I don't think it's really fair what they did to her, because it didn't seem like she had any problems with anyone. Right now, I am just confused, and I have no clue why they did this. So, I want justice." 

The last murder which happened in Belmopan was on October 31, just over a month ago; Orlando Smith was discovered stabbed to death.