All week we've been reporting on 20 year old Wilmer Escobar, the Bella Vista resident accused of killing the "Oh" sisters - mercilessly chopping them to death.
Well, it turns out that he's also Wilmar Guzman - who's been in trouble with the law since he was a teenager. A check in our archives shows that when he was 16 years old and living in San Juan, Stann Creek - he was sentenced to serve 6 month at the Wagner Youth facility for theft. That was in 2013. But, he escaped by scaling the facility's fence during a shift changeover. He was recaptured and served his time.
Sometime after that he moved to Bella Vista - and on the night of Sunday January 21st he allegedly met the sisters Cresencia and Josephine and chopped them to death. He is also believed to have raped them. Police have strong evidence against him - including a confession and items stolen from the girls - as well as scratches on his face and neck.
The savage murder continues to haunt the Maya community in Toledo and tomorrow there will be a March for Justice for the Oh Sisters.
The Toledo Alcaldes Association sent out a release calling upon Alcaldes, Village police, community leaders and villagers to join the walk.
In a statement they say, quote, "all necessary action must be taken to ensure that we restore peaceful, collective and productive living in our communities." They add, quote, "The arrest of a suspect is not the end of our fight…we need to see through the successful prosecution of this case (and) we must send a strong and clear message to all that as a community we will not tolerate such acts against our population." End quote.
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