Belize City recorded another teenaged murder over the weekend.
On Saturday morning around 10:00, police found the body of 19 year-old Charlston Clifton Cleland on the shoulder of the George Price Highway, between miles 4 and 5. The Wilson Street resident had meet a brutal end: his throat was slashed, he was stabbed twice to the left side his back, and had another stab wound on his shoulder. Police also found abrasions on the right side of the neck.
Apart from that, police don't yet know much about the Cleland's last few hours alive. He was seen enjoying an outing at the Sit and Sip on Friday night, and it is believed that he was killed sometime after he left the club. The head of the CIB office in Belize City told the media that investigators are looking for the people with whom Cleland was seen socializing:
ASP Alejandro Cowo - OC, CIB Belize City
"Sometime Saturday, minutes after 10 a.m., police were called out to an area before you reach Bravo Motors, on the left-hand side of the road, when traveling from Belize City towards the Hattieville area. Upon arrival in that area, police observed the motionless body of a male person. The person had what appeared to be a cut wound to the throat, stab wounds to the back and chest area. That male person was later identified as Charleston Clifton Cleland, a 19 year-old Belizean of #30 Wilson Street, Belize City. The information that police have gathered so far is that Cleland was socializing on Friday night along with a group of male persons, and that was the last time that he was seen alive. "
Reporter
"Have you been able to detain any suspects as yet?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"No, nobody has been detained."
Reporter
"Sir, information where they were socializing, where exactly?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"It was at a bar, one of the nightclubs on the northside of the City."
Reporter
"So, any surveillance footage?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Well, police is looking at several pieces of footage in that area to see if we can establish identities of those persons who were along with the deceased."
Reporter
"So, is there any word as to where the actual murder occurred?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Well, what the scene was showing is that the murder happened at that area where the body was found?"
Reporter
"Sir, is there anything, perhaps in Mr. Cleland's past that may be able to provide direction as to what transpired on that night."
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"He is not known to police, and we have checked. So far, there is nothing that is on our system in regard to him."
Reporter
"Did his family indicate anything, perhaps of a personal nature that he may have had?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"We have been communicating with the family, and it is just the same information that I have shared a while ago, that they have communicated to us."
Reporter
"The people whom he was with, does the police suspect that they may have had anything to do with it?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Well, we are not sure at this moment, but we know that all of them were socializing together, and they were the last persons that he was seen with."
Reporter
"So, has police been able to speak with those people already?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"We are in the process of looking for them at this moment."
Reporter
"Did he leave the club with those same persons?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"Well, that is something that we are trying to establish."
He was last seen at the club around 5:00 in the morning. Police believe he was killed and his body was dumped there.
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