And not even a day later, another child, this time an eight-year-old Cerys McTaggart from Boise, Idaho also lost her life at the Rio On pools.
Her family too was on vacation enjoying the natural beauty of the Pine Ridge area and never for a moment thinking that their jaunt into the crystal waters would cost their daughter her life.
Her father Joshua Mctaggart says he'd only missed her for a moment gave way to an hour-long search and when Cerys was finally found her body had been trapped in a hole between two pools. ASP FitzRoy Yearwood told us more today:
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Officer
"I know that San Ignacio Police responded to the Rio Frio Caves in the Mountain Pine Ridge area where they spoke to Joshua McTaggart who claims that he was with his wife and his three children, his two sons and a seven-year-old daughter where the two sons asked permission to go and swim in another pool, separate from the one where himself and his wife and his seven-year-old daughter were swimming. He and his wife were taking pictures when their daughter disappeared. They asked for assistance from other people that were in that area swimming and about an hour later, they found the seven-year-old's body. A doctor and a nurse that were in the area also assisted by administering CPR, but the child was unresponsive. So she was transported to the San Ignacio Community Hospital where her body now awaits a post mortem."
Reporter
"We understand that these families and the victim are American nationals?"
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Officer
"Yes, he claimed that they recently arrived in Belize on summer vacation and they decided to go to the Rio Frio Caves where this unfortunate incident occurred that took their 7-year-old daughter's life."
