Last night's headline was about the murder of mother of two, Mirza Morales. The restaurant and bar owner was killed inside the kitchen of her restaurant at the 7 Miles community of El Progresso on the one Ridge Road. She was targeted by a gunman who just strode in and shot her multiple times - no one else was injured and nothing was stolen.
It was a ruthless and precise execution, and yesterday the Commissioner of Police said Mirza's ex, well known San Pedro figure Cristian Espat was a person of interest in the investigation.
Well, he heard that and turned himself into SAN PEDRO police with his lawyer today to declare his innocence. He told investigators he was out of the country with his girlfriend seeing a doctor at the time of the murder. He reportedly told police he has the passport stamps to prove he was away.
He added that he and Moralez broke up in December of 2021 and had moved on.
His NEW common law also spoke to police. She told her story to the San Pedro Sun outside the police station - asking to appear off camera:
Voice Of: Christian Espat's Common Law
"Well first of all I want the public, the media and Chester Williams to know that we didn't come to cry. We didn't come to complain. We came to fight for our rights because this is a total defamation of character that you guys did well generally right."
"He was not even in the country when this incident happened. He was out of the country, how do I know I was with him all this time, what he went to do is to deal with some family stuff and seek medical attention which we have proof evidence all of that we have. So, how can a person be in two countries at the same time?"
"They to start everybody takes their own paths they were doing their own lives and it just doesn't make sense."
"So just because he was a person of interest doesn't mean he was associated with anything or the deceased person but we. Will not go into further details we will, that is why he has his lawyer and we will leave it in God's hands."
Despite those clear declarations of innocence, this evening, Christian Espat remains in custody.
Eyewitnesses say that after the murder, two dark-skinned men on a motorcycle drove off towards the George Price Highway.
