A 24 year old woman and mother of 3 was found dead on the Riverside in Sittee River Village. Karina Howard was discovered by her boyfriend between 4:30 and 5 on Sunday morning.
Information reveals that Howard and her boyfriend had a dispute at a party in the village. Howard left the function but her boyfriend stayed.
Later that morning she was found by her boyfriend hanging from a shed located on the riverside in the village. And while police believe that her death was most likely a suicide, her family is thinking differently. They believe that their loved one was murdered.
Elizabeth Howard -Grandmother
"I got the information from my daughter. My daughter calls me and told me that Karina is dead; they found her hang up in a house. One spell I couldn't believe it, so I went to my son work and I told his boss to please let him come home so that I can talk to him
while we were waiting for more news to find out if this is true or not. I told him that the best thing we could do is to call the police station in Dangriga and find out if it's true and they confirm it and they say that they wants someone to come and identify the body."
Sherein Howard - Sister of Deceased
"She left home - they were having problems, her and her baby's father. The boyfriend that she had, had an attempted murder charge in Belize City and that's why they went to Dangriga to start a new beginning - that's what she told me. That was in March and the last time I saw my sister was in April for her birthday when she and I went out. The following day she went back to Dangriga, she told me to tell her mom that she loves her and her children but that she is going for a new beginning, that's what she told me."
"She came back in September where she had an incident in Belize City, she went back to Dangriga. When she went back to Dangriga she told us that she loves us. She says that she is going back to Dangriga for a while; she says that she will come back for her children but that she needs more time. Afterwards she left and we got the news from my grandmother saying that they found my sister hang up in a house."
Howard was the mother of 3 children and had recently moved down South from Belize City only 7 months ago.
Her children are 8, 5 and 4 years old.
