Since well known taxi-driver Roy "Bullet" Craig was charged with sexual assault of a 16 year old boy - social media has exploded with countless posts, memes and even music ridiculing the 76 year old.
Well, while many people are having a laugh at every lurid twist in this case - the police have to take it seriously. Today at the weekly press briefing, police updated us on this case as it relates to the Honey Hotel's surveillance footage that may have captured what happened before Craig went to his room and other elements including the suggestion that the 16 year old boy may have been mentally challenged.
ASP Alejandro Cowo, OC - CIB Belize City
"That is part of the investigation that we will not reveal at this moment. Yes, the place has a surveillance and the police is looking at that situation there."
Reporter
"There are some reports saying that the 16 year old involved in that Roy Craig incident was a mentally challenge kid. Has that been established?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo, OC - CIB Belize City
"He is not a mentally challenge person."
Reporter
"Have you guys spoken to the parents or the mother of that young boy?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo, OC - CIB Belize City
"Of course we have to interview him in the presence of his mother. He is a minor, so anything that the police does, a parent or a guardian has to be present when he is being interviewed or when the person is giving a statement, once a minor."
Reporter
"Have you spoken to the mother in respect to this young boy has ever been in the company of Mr. Craig on previous occasions?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo, OC - CIB Belize City
"Yes, she has been interviewed likewise."
Reporter
"Did she shared if Mr. Craig is a part of this boy's...?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo, OC - CIB Belize City
"That is part of the investigation that we will not disclose at this moment."
As you heard the police say, the boy does not suffer from mental illness. Police continue to conduct interviews with the family and hotel personnel.
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