We report now on the two weekend murders which happened in the Stann Creek Village of Santa Cruz. The first one is believed to have happened sometime between late Friday and early Saturday morning. That's when the police found 55 year-old Guatemalan Roberto De Leon, who appeared to have been robbed, and beaten to death. This morning, the officer in charge of the National Crimes Investigation Branch gave us an update on what the investigators know so far:
ACP Joseph Myvette, Head - NCIB
"Roberto De Leon, 55 years old farmer was found motionless outside his vehicle on an unnamed street just behind the football field. Initial police investigation revealed that Mr. De Leon had left his home sometime around 4pm enroute to the orange factory to deliver oranges in Pomona."
"Information also shows that Mr. De Leon departed the Pomona factory sometime around 9:40pm and sometime around 1:25am on Saturday 25th March, 2017, police responded to the area of the football field where Mr. De Leon was found motionless outside his truck with apparent facial injuries."
"Police have detained 7 persons pending this investigation."
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