Last night we told you about the 3 Belizeans - Roaring Creek Residents - who were murdered in Lehigh Acres, which is in Southwest Florida. 37 year old Dorla Pitts, her 17 year old pregnant daughter Starlette, and the girl's boyfriend Myke Kelly were found dead in their home on Tuesday afternoon - and the man accused of killing them is from Camalote. Now most of the information we are getting is from American news sites but today we heard the local angle from Dorla's father-in-law, Edward "Ned" Pitts, who lives here in Belize City. He along with his wife expressed how shocked they were to find out about their daughter in law's and granddaughter's murder.
Edward Ned Pitts, Father-in-Law
"I don't know what triggered off the... It's very perplex to know why. The three of them died. It sounds that three of them died. I don't know how they died. I don't know if by gunshot, I don't know if by physical violence. I don't know and I don't hear anything on the radio and my son have not been able to tell me exactly how they died. In May she was sitting right around this table having lunch with us. She and her mother and her sister. We are in communication and we often to Miami where they live and spend time with them. She is a pleasant girl, Dorla. And Starlette is also a pleasant child. A teenager. You know teenager have their way, but she was a very pleasant child. The two family gets a long quite well, both the Hyde family and Dorian. They very much loves Dorian."
According to them, their son, Dorian Pitts who is Dorla's husband left for work on Sunday. He is a trucker and had been trying to reach his wife while he was away but he couldn't get through to her. When he finally did on Sunday evening she froze on the other end of the line like something startled her and the call dropped. That was the last time Dorian heard from his wife. That is why Dorla's mother in law told us that the trio was probably murdered between Sunday and Monday. Dorian Pitts spoke to NBC 2 news in Lehigh Florida about the murder of his wife and daughter.
According to the online news site Wink News, Dorla's nephew 19 year Bryan Hyde - who had had just moved in with them 7 months ago unannounced - was charged with 3 counts of 2nd degree murder and 1 count of killing an unborn child by harming the mother. Hyde was brought in for driving without a license at first on Monday but when police traced the vehicle to Dorla Pitts that's when they began to make connections. In the WINK NEWS report one of the sheriffs describe the scene as "extremely violent and unimaginable." It goes on to say that the 3 of them died from repeated sharp force trauma.
While Hyde has been charged for murder in the US, he is wanted in Belize in connection with the burglary of Cellular World in 2014. Over $20,000 worth of electronic items were stolen. Hyde escaped and family members believe that is why he went to the US -to elude capture and arrest. Hyde was also tried ex-parte in Belize for assaulting a police officer in October of last year.
Dorla Pitts was a certified nurse and she and her family were going to move to Fort Myers so Starlette could attend University there. As for the 1 year old baby she is in the care of her grandmother.
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