44 year old Samuel Cosme was found dead early on Monday morning. He was killed by multiple stab wounds, his body lying next to his vehicle at mile five and half on the Northern Highway. Tonight police have charged the man who they believe killed the Honduran Construction worker who lived in the Gungulung area.
He is 33 year old Reainard Randey Ferguson from Neal Penn Road. Today police told us it was a crime of opportunity as the suspect came upon Cosme and a female companion when they needed help to get his Ranger pickup out of the mud:
ASP Alejandro Cowo - OC, CIB Belize City
"What we know is that to that day, there were at that location by the street by the Haulover when their vehicle was stuck by the roadside and they had asked for assistance to pull out the vehicle. That is when they were in contact with a male person. That is when that male person went and assist them and there something happen that led to the death of Mr. Cosme."
"Thanks to the cooperation of the public we have been receiving good information and as a result a male person was detained. He is presently in custody and we have hope that he will be charged some time before the end of the day, today."
Cosme's family believed that Cosme's companion had somehow set up the murder - but police say they have no evidence to support this. She just happened to be there when the attacker pounced.
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