It's the kind of thing that just doesn't happen in Benque Viejo - but this morning it did as a teenaged girl from San Jose Succotz Village was killed - and her boyfriend - also a teenager is detained for the crime.
The crime was uncovered when police were called out to Hotel Maya In Benque Viejo town at 7:30 am where they found 19 year old Heidi Itza dead. She was nude and her body showed no outward signs of violence - but police believe that she was murdered.
Police have detained 19-year-old Eliseo Dominguez who police say had what appeared to be scratch marks on the face and other parts of his body. They have also brought two other men from Orange Walk into Benque to put their investigation on the death of Itza together. Meanwhile a post mortem has been concluded but Police have yet to release the result.