And what we have surely learned about Laddie today is that he had a large and engaged family network. Today, many of the adults he came in contact with reached out to us directly to say what an outstanding and exemplary young man he was.
His adoptive father Emil Bradley is at the centre of an entire community's loss. About an hour ago, he was in Cayo where he told the press how the family has been coping with the impossible:
Emil Bradley- Father of the Deceased
"I'm still wondering what really happened, at the time I was informed I said what was he doing out at this time, so that ran through my mind and just to hear this incident happened a little after 9:30, they were trying to get back to beat the curfew hours."
Reporter
"The reports that he was shot while they were running but the security guard claims that they were trying break in somewhere that reports tell us and what would you tell us, was Laddie's characteristics anything like that?"
Emil Bradley
"There is no need for him to want to break in for them to want to break in. If the security would have noticed he would have saw them sitting on the beach for a while now, not this trip but other trips, he's always jogging on the beach, he knows the area well, he feels safe. This is where we go to relax in Placencia but they way the dealt with it is so unprofessional, it makes it wonder if they have any empathy for a human being. If this happen at 10:05 like they claimed, Placencia is so small, right there in the hotel, why until 2 o'clock you will come and inform us?"
Reporter
"Were they trying to hide something?"
Emil Bradley
"That is what it would make you feel, I don't want to accuse them in anyway of that, I'm not happy with the situation, whatever we do, we cannot bring back poor little Laddie but all I want for him to accept that he did wrong and at least apologize sincerely to the family, that's all, then we will know he cares. We all make mistakes."
We will have more from that interview later on.
