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Elderly Man Found Murdered in Roaring Creek
posted (July 31, 2019)

A 79 year old was found dead this evening in the Cayo District.  At around 2:00 Manuel Barrera’s family found his decomposing body inside his zinc home on the Young Bank Road - outside Roaring Creek  about 4 hours ago.

The Guatemalan appeared to have a chop wound to the back of his head.  A police report says he had apparent chop wounds to his body. 

His neighbor told Plus TV that the deceased was a singer:..

Edin Reynolds - Neighbour
"I was going; he told us that something smells bad right. So his wife tells me to let us search what it is, so we started to search and now we see a lot of flies around the house so took a little peep and see the old man's body laying down right there. So I called his son and when the police came they opened the door and yeah, he had a cop in his head. It was a lot of bleeding and all of that."

Reporter
"So the back of his head?"

Edin Reynolds
"Yeah."

Reporter
"What part of the home did they find him?"

Edin Reynolds
"Well actually inside. The ground."

Reporter
"So he was on the ground?"

Edin Reynolds
"Yeah."

Reporter
"When was the last time you saw him? Where do you live?"

Edin Reynolds
"Right there. (points)"

Reporter
"So you don't live too far from him. When was the last time you or anyone saw him?"

Edin Reynolds
"The last day I saw him was Monday afternoon."

Reporter
"What was he doing at that time is anything at all?"

Edin Reynolds
"He was washing his clothes."

Reporter
"So you saw him outside?"

Edin Reynolds
"Yeah, outside."

Reporter
"Did you at any time between when you last saw him and when his body was discovered hear anything that would have raised your suspicions? I don't know, him calling for help or anything like that?"

Edin Reynolds
"Actually I didn't hear nothing. Yeah."

Reporter
"Do you know if he was a trouble maker if he had problems with anyone?"

Edin Reynolds
"No, he was a cool guy. Yeah."

Reporter
"So what did he do for work, you know?"

Edin Reynolds
"He actually sings, he goes to market day and sing and then people help him, give him some dollars or something helping him."

Money was reportedly found in the home which suggests it was not a robbery.  

We note that this is the second male senior citizen to be murdered in a rural area outside Belmopan in 10 days.  In that case, the victim was a 65 year old farmer.

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