| Car Dealer Found Dead In Well, Police Confirm Homicide |
| Mon, May 26, 2025 |
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And tuning back now to crime news, as we told you on Friday night, a mechanic was found murdered on his farm in the San Pablo area of the Orange Walk District. He had apparently been stabbed and then thrown into a well. His family had reported him missing three days before he was found.
Police gave us more details on the case they have classified as a homicide.
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"On Friday May 23rd at 11:00am acting upon information police visited a farm in the orange walk district where they discovered a motionless body of 49 year old James Mendez a Belizean mechanic of San Pablo village orange walk, the scene was processed by scenes of crime personnel and the body of Mendez was transported to the Northern regional hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Mendez was reported missing on Wednesday 21st May 2025 by a relative who stated that the last time he was seen was on the 20th of May when he would have departed his residence for a job."
"It is classified as a homicide."
Courtney-
"You have any idea as to why anyone would have wanted to kill him?"
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"We have no information in relation to that the investigation is still on going."
"The cause of death has not been ascertained however an injury was observed to his chest area and the body now awaits a post mortem."
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