Residents of Punta Gorda Town spent yesterday in saddened disbelief after a young mother was killed on Mother's day, and to make it even worse, it happened in the presence of her 2 year-old daughter. It is only the second murder in the town this year, and the violence of it is incomprehensible for townspeople: why would a 26 year old mother be killed in her house at 1:25 in the morning? The officer commanding Punta Gorda, Simeon Alvarez, told us about this killing in Indianville, a community just outside PG:
Supt. Simeon Alvarez, OC - Punta Gorda Police
"Acting upon information received of a shooting incident at Jamaica Bar at around 1:25 am on Sunday 11th May, 2014, police visited the said bar located on Cayo Street in the Indianville area of Punta Gorda Town. Upon the arrival there they saw a female of creole descent of was later learned to be one Janice Vargas, 26 years old Belizean waitress of a West Street address in Punta Gorda Town. She 
was seeing lying face up in a pool of blood in the corridor leading to the back door. The body had what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the right shoulder and was unconscious at that time. At the time she was in a company of another co-worker, a male person. Her two year old child was with her at the time of the incident."
"Police transported Janice Vargas to the Punta Gorda hospital. Thereafter she was transported to the Southern Regional Hospital and whilst on her way she succumb to her injuries at around 4:15am."
Superintendent Alvarez tells us that robbery does not seem to be the motive of Janice Vargas' murder. He adds that they are looking for one person who they believe can assist in the investigation.
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