And we go back out west to Blackman Eddy Village where police found the body of a Hispanic man. No one has been able to identify him. He was dressed in long black pants, red and black checkered button shirt and a black tennis. He has several tattoos including a star on his lower right stomach, this tattoo on his forearm of a dollar sign and the letters PL, he also has the names Martinez and Irma and the date 1995 tattooed on him. We spoke to a resident who was with the group who found the body.
Phillip Robateau, Area Resident
"Actually what happened yesterday I was helping my wife a little tamales dinner for the new year's. When I look I see the police vehicle pulled up by the side of the road. I see the police brought a stretcher in the vehicle. Some people went across the road. It's the guys from La Ruta Maya who found the body. They were practicing and they called the police."
Reporter
"When you came here what did you guys see? You saw the body?"
Phillip Robateau, Area Resident
"They didn't bring the body yet. It was still in the bamboo hooked up the river. We waited and then my nephew came and he brought a rope and then they brought the body."
Reporter
"Nobody knew who he was?"
Phillip Robateau, Area Resident
"Nobody knows who he is. He is a Spanish guy about my height I would say. I am not sure."
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