Is a minor being sought in the murder of 37-year-old Darwin Chavarria? The police were tight lipped on the suspects, but they did give us the preliminary details. As we told you on Friday, Chavarria's body was found last week Thursday near a vehicle that was reportedly set on fire. Today ACP Joseph Myvett told us that at first, police processed the scene of the arson, but did not find Chavarria until after he was reported missing.
ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch
"On Thursday last based on information received, Punta Gorda police visited an area in the Water Hole Road outside of Punta Gorda Town where somewhere on that road they observed the burnt remains of a vehicle which was later identified to be a black in color Ford Mariner. The scene was process and officers left the scene. Later that same Thursday in the evening a family member of Darwin Chavarria came to make a missing person report. That person reported that the last time Chavarria was seen was Wednesday. Police immediately commenced an investigation where upon during the process of the investigation his common law wife was interviewed where she reported that upon arriving home sometime around four p.m. on Wednesday last she noted that her common law husband was not at home. The home was seemingly was ransacked. As a result police carried out a further search in the area where the burnt vehicle was found on Friday morning and sometime shortly after eight a.m. they came across the body of Darwin Chavarria, thirty seven years of a Punta Gorda Town address with apparent gunshot injuries while his hands were bound to the front with some type of black wire. The scene was processed and the body was removed. The investigation is still ongoing into this latest incident."
Reporter
"Do investigators believe that he was killed there or just dumped there?"
ACP Joseph Myvett
"Yes, we do believe that from the investigation that yes he was killed in that area."
Reporter
"In speaking with his wife or anybody who knows him, any sort of motive has been established or suspects?"
ACP Joseph Myvett
"At this point in time we have some credible leads which we are working on which we do not want to divulge at this time, however we are looking at several motives and one of those motives seemingly was some rivalry with other persons as well as we are also following other lead which may have been some drug relation to the incident."
Chavarria's family believes he was being monitored closely.
