We also asked Belmopan police for an update on the Camalote double murder in which Akeem Thimbrel and Shawn Lopez were gunned down not too far from their homes. Thimbrel's father had come to our studio last week pleading for answers but more than that, justice for their slain loved ones. Police told us that they have to follow specific procedures in what they are calling a complex case, and they are asking the family and the Camalote community to have just a little more patience.
Supt. Howell Gillet, OC, Belmopan
"The update to that investigation with the double murder in Camalote which occurred I think around the 1st May of this year - is that we've prepared a file, it has been sent for legal advice. It came back with some instructions that we must follow through with and from the three instructions that were given to us, I believe two have been done, complied with and we are trying to do the other one and from there we will send it back and see if there is sufficient evidence to charge. We have a great idea who did it. We are just waiting for other instructions to be complied with by our counterparts in Belize City. When that is done, we will resend it to the DPP's office and then we will await her direction from there."
Courtney Weatherburne
"So you could safely tell the residents of Camalote and the family that justice will soon be served - soon have someone charged?"
Supt. Howell Gillet, OC, Belmopan
"Well I wasn't saddened, but I was taken a back a bit when I saw the interview, because I've been personally been in dialogue with the parents of the deceased, both of them. I've been in contact with them telling them, giving them updates. But you know how it goes, people want things to be done swiftly and that's not the way and investigation can be done. I prefer to wait a bit and then have a good case than to process it quickly and then have a case fall through at the Supreme Court level. So we want to have an airtight case and I implore on the parents and the family and friends of the deceased to please bear with us, we are doing all within our power to bring full closure to this case and it will occur very soon."
In the last update in that double murder case, police had found the gun and the car that were allegedly used in the murder. So far, only the gun came back positive.
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