On Monday August 8 Punta Gorda police caught up with a man who was believed to have been the culprit in a string of burglaries in the town and surrounding villages. Well, tonight that man is dead, believed to have been murdered by a crime associate. 22-year-old Colin Mangar had escaped from police custody 3 days after he was captured.
According to police, he simply slipped through the iron bars of the cell where he was being held. Police never caught up with him, until yesterday when he was found dead in an area off Poppy Show Road in Eldridge Village in which is four miles west of the town. Forensic examinations conducted on site confirmed that the he had been killed 4 to 5 days earlier.
The likely cause of death is believed to have been strangulation. Police have detained one man, believed to be a former crime associate of manager, after he was found in possession of a number of Mangar's personal belongings.
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