Police have not identified a man who was found dead on a farm on the Belize district this morning. Neither have they been able to determine what killed him - but, from all outward indications, he seems to have endured a brutal killing.
He was found by the caretaker - in an area near the mile 8 community - and just north of the Sibun River.
7news was at the scene where there are more questions than answers - including some about a very territorial bull:
Jules Vasquez Reporting:
The farm where the body was found is 1.8 miles south of the mile 8 community now known as Western Paradise in an area known as Thurton Ridge.
The scenes of crime team and the CIB's homicide unit, led by Inspector David Chi, marched into the farm to find some clues after what had been a grisly discovery.
Chairman of Western, Paradise Terence Casasola, was the first person called to the scene after the body was discovered.
Terence Casasola - Chairman, Western Pines
"We came and - at the back of Thurton Ridge- and we saw the lifeless body of a male on the ground."
Jules Vasquez
"What was his condition?"
Terence Casasola
"Well, he was all torn up, in what case; I noticed some holes on him. What the holes are, I don't know. What happened, his guts were hanging out, in a sense that he was laying down, and the guts were out of his body."
Jules Vasquez
"And he had multiple puncture wounds?"
Terence Casasola
"Multiple puncture wounds, yes, he has 2 on his side - as far as we've seen - and one on in his leg."
The body was taken out of the farm - to the city for a post mortem. But according to police, an initial inspection indicates that he may have been gored by a cow, or possibly by this large bull - who let us know we weren't welcomed by mooing us away.
The chairman says that when he got there, he noted the same behavior:
Terence Casasola - Chairman, Western Pines
"As far as we saw when we came, was that the bull was sniffing around the clothes and stuff like that."
The bull was tied up for police to examine - and indeed, that appears to be the only theory at this time. The chairman said that when he got there nothing appeared to have been stolen.
Terence Casasola
"As far as we have seen, everything is still in the where the guy was living. Nothing was touched, or anything like that. And the guy was lying roughly about 20 - 25 feet away from where he was staying."
The man who was only staying at the farm - was last seen by the caretaker the day before at 5:30 p.m.
Police have not been able to confirm the identity of the deceased. He had injuries to the rib cage, left upper thigh and the stomach. A post mortem was conducted this afternoon by Dr. Estradabran, but it was inconclusive due to the advanced state of decomposition - meaning he could not determine what caused the wounds.
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