You’ve been hearing a lot in the news recently from Yolanda Schakron
– she’s the crusading aunt of Chris Galvez who was slain execution
style on December 22nd on Faber’s Road in Belize City. And now another
relative of an executed man – in this case the mother of Jason Coombs
- is taking up her crusade to get her son’s killers charged.
But it’s different because Valerie Coombs has launched her “catch-the-killer-crusade”
in the United States – where she’s hoping to bring U.S. State Department
pressure to bear on the Belize Police Department – which she says has
been doing nothing to solve her son’s murder. Jason Coombs was an American
Citizen and when he was executed at his business place on November 12th. It
was a shocking murder as he had no involvement in the underworld – but
apart from finding the car that was used in the killing – police haven’t
come up with any leads. And while they do have a suspect – who they have
been looking for nearly three months, they have refused to even allow the media
to broadcast that picture.
And now the Coombs family who live in Florida have had enough –
and grieving mother Valerie Coombs is taking her story to the US media. It’s
already been picked up by the ABC and NBC affiliates – and the story from
ABC aired earlier this week. Here it is.
[ABC News Report]
Valerie Coombs, Mother of Jason Coombs
“These are my three boys. As a mother I am deeply proud.”
One a close knit family now shattered.
Valerie Coombs,
“This is my son John Coombs, this is Jason here with his niece.”
A brother, father, and son shot at the age of 38. Jason Coombs lived
and worked in Belize. His murder has made headlines there.
Valerie Coombs,
“Pre-Con owner gunned down. Businessman gunned down.”
Coombs graduated here from FAU and moved back to Belize to start a business
in the cement industry, Pre-Con Limited.
Valerie Coombs,
“He says mother I don’t want to sit behind a desk, I want to
go back there and build stuff and see them live long after I am gone.”
For Valerie Coombs her son Jason is gone too soon, killed where he worked.
According to police reports a car drove onto the property, the driver summoned
Coombs over, and shot multiple times. The car was recovered but there is not
other evidence; no witnesses and in a crime ridden country, Jason’s mother
fears he is now just another statistic.
Valerie Coombs,
“They have no resources there to deal with something like this and
it is not just my child, many mothers have lost their children and nothing is
being solved. Nothing, it is just paperwork.”
For Coombs it is a relentless search for answers.
Valerie Coombs,
“They do nothing, these are the dates I called and got absolutely
nothing.”
An endless prayer that justice will prevail.
Valerie Coombs,
“I told them look at me, I am crying now, it could be maybe your turn,
help me – let it stop now.”
That is the story from the ABC affiliate in south Florida and the NBC
affiliate is expected to be airing their one tonight. Mrs. Coombs says she is
contacting all US media.
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