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Any Headway In The Investigation Of Mumuch’s Murder?
posted (June 30, 2015)
Last night, we told you about 23 year old Desmond Usher also known as "Mumuch" was found yesterday at around 8:30 a.m. in Mahogany Heights. He left his house on Friday night, after 3 days, he was discovered, with obvious signs of violence on his body.

The police were unavailable yesterday for comment, but Superintendent Hilberto Romero fielded questions on it from the press. Here are the police details as they know it at this time:

Supt. Hilberto Romero, O.C., CIB, Belize City Police
"On Monday the 29th June, 2015, police personnel visited an area off a road at Mahogany Heights where they found the lifeless body of Desmond Usher, partly decomposed. He was last seen alive on Friday. Post mortem was conducted on the spot and he had blunt trauma injuries to the head. An investigation is being conducted at this time, we have several persons in custody and we are continuing with this investigation."

Reporter
"What is the motive?"

Supt. Hilberto Romero
"We don't have any motive at this time. We are following several leads that we have. I know he was last seen alive on Friday and persons who were conducting searches in the area found his body on Monday."

Reporter
"We understand that he received a call prior to going missing."

Supt. Hilberto Romero
"Like I said, we are following several leads at this time. We don't have anything conclusive at this time and we have not charged anyone at this time and we are doing follow up work on it."

Reporter
"Is it true that some of his teeth has been knocked out and other signs as foul play."

Supt. Hilberto Romero
"That is as far as I would go as to the injuries, he had injuries to the head."

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