As we told you, police have collected significant evidence in this murder case and initially detained one man for questioning. They are also looking into several leads. Here is more from the police press briefing.
ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"On Saturday, sometime around 1:30 p.m., Belmopan Police was called to an area just outside of Valley of Peace Village, near cane field, where they discovered the decomposing body of a Hispanic female, later identified as Joan Gabourel, 18 year-old. The scene was processed, where several items were recovered from the scene. The body was then transported to the medical college, where a post-mortem was conducted, which revealed that she died from stab wounds, as well as blunt-force trauma. So far, there are 2 persons in police custody pending this investigation."
Reporter
"Among the items recovered, [is] any of them believed to be the murder weapon, or weapons?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"No. We have recovered items which we believe belong to the deceased."
Reporter
"Sir, anything to indicate what's the motive of this particular murder?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"So far, we're still trying to establish what the motive was."
Reporter
"Can you say how many days she was..."
ACP Joseph Myvette
"More or less about 4 days."
Reporter
"She was missing for 4 days you said?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"Yes."
Reporter
"Dead?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"And that is the time she was presumed to be dead, based on the state of the body, yes."
Reporter
"Are you able to confirm sir? From what we've gathered is that she was being stalked or harassed. There was some element of a person involved with some kind of jealous. I'm not sure on who's end, did your investigation show anything like that?"
ACP Joseph Myvette
"Well, we're following all those leads that are being provided to us."
Reporter
"So, that was reported to you."
ACP Joseph Myvette
"Yes, we did get that information as well."
We'll keep following this case.
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