The deadliest week in some time was capped off this morning with an outrageous murder this morning in the Cayo district.
It's outrageous because one of the men accused of the crime was just released from prison this week - after the murder case against him fell apart in court. So, tonight he is the accused and Belmopan police are investigating the stabbing death of Allison Castillo, killed in the parking lot of Club Deja vu in Belmopan.
Alfonso Noble again trekked out to the western part of the country and found tragedy in two's.
Alfonso NobleReporting, [From Belmopan]
Brothers Clifford and Russell Hyde along with Delvin Galvez and Hendicott Rocke were this afternoon taken to Magistrate's Court in Belmopan where they were arraigned on charges of murder. Sometime around 4:15 this morning these four men were involved in an altercation with 35 year old Allison Castillo at Club Deja vu. During the fight Castillo was stabbed fatally and fell outside the club. Investigating Officer Daniel Arzu says the altercation occurred in plain view of 3 officers who were on patrol at the club.
Sgt. Daniel Arzu, Investigating Officer
"The police were on patrol at Déjà vu nightclub and apparently they had that scuffle at the same time. A misunderstanding ensued between two persons and as a result one of the persons who was engaged in the misunderstanding went to call his friends. They subsequently came later and the misunderstanding went out of order and they ended up on the ground and somebody got stabbed."
"From what we understand it is a simple scenario. Simple as one of the persons ask if they could have removed his vehicle and apparently the person was offended by that. And that's when they then went into that misunderstanding and subsequently a person's life was lost."
"Our investigations reveal that the vehicle of Russell Hyde was actually blocking the other vehicle from getting out. There are 4 suspects who we are investigating."
While police have their suspects, for the family of Castillo the tragedy is doubled because his aunt 64 year old Joyce Mckoy died after she was given the news of her nephew's death. She became ill and died at the Belmopan hospital shortly after six this morning.
Castillo's aunt, Joyce Mckoy was best known as a past president and standing vice president of the PUP Marshall's committee. The four men were remanded to the Hattievlle prison as no bail was offered because the charge is murder.