A San Pedro man is dead, but tonight the cause of death has not been determined. Still, residents of that island town are sure that Wilber Blanco was murdered. The 22 year old was found dead on the edge of a swamp and what's disturbing is that he had been dismembered: two of his arms were missing. More than that, he was in the San Pedrito area - on the opposite side of town, away from his home in the DFC area. It's a shocking death of a well known waiter but police are warning islanders not to jump to conclusions too quickly: they say crocodiles - which are known to be in the area may have severed his arm. But his family doesn't buy it. With his mother at his side, his brother, Edwin Blanco says Wilber died a horrible death.
Edwin Blanco, Brother of Deceased
"The sad part about the whole story is the fact of the way he was left. He was left without arms. He was left in a terrible condition and we, up until now, what we know is that it looks like he was taken in a taxi from Caliente, more or less, and from there he was taken in a red taxi. That is all we know and he was taken around a back area of San Pedrito, it's a dark area where you can barely see anything. He was taken, according to what we have heard, he was beaten around the area. Supposedly it was inside the taxi, everything happened inside the taxi but it looks like the bruises, because his arms were cut off completely.
The police are saying that it's probably the alligators which is a story that's hard to believe because why would the alligator take only two hands. It is strange, it's really hard. To be sincere, I am still in shock.
Really and truly we just want something to be done, at least let the person be found. All the authorities in San Pedro, everywhere, I ask that of somebody knows anything, to please call and give any information that could help us."
The family notes that they were the ones who called police after he didn't return home on Saturday night. Wilber Blanco was a waiter at Caliente Restaurant in San Pedro.
