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We caught up with the Compol this evening where he gave further details on the double murder, and how their investigations led to Jones and Segura. He explained that a 4Runner - the one Jones was driving that is impounded at the Ladyville Police Station - was parked behind the victims' car. Here's what he told us.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"As it relates to the murder of the two individuals that we are dealing with, I am not going to to say to the public or to the media. What are the facts and what led to the arrests? I would simply say that you already know the facts. Police responded to calls of shots fired on the Phillip Goldson Highway about a quarter mile from its junction with Crooked Tree Road."
"Upon arrival, they saw a black equinox inside the equinox, which was parked on the, I think, the right hand side of the road coming to Belize City. They discovered the lifeless body of two persons that is a male and a female. Those two bodies exhibited what appeared to be gun shot injuries. The police processed the scene after doing so. The bodies were taken to the KHMH where the doctor pronounced them dead on arrival."
"Police conducted investigation right away and a few minutes later, two suspects were detained in a vehicle that was seen parked right behind the vehicle that the two deceased persons were in at the particular time or immediately after the shooting or immediately after the persons were found in the vehicle dead. Other evidential material obtained by investigators during the course of investigation led to the arrests of two individuals, one of whom is a car dealer and the other is an associate of that car dealer."
"Those persons were charged yesterday, and I believe they were taken before the courts today where they were remanded to prison. The family will be given an update by the police tomorrow so that they can know exactly what the police have against those two individuals. There are several other things that we're doing, like looking at the the phones and analysis of calls and different things that we'll be doing."
"Getting information from the cell phones and other places that we believe we can get evidential things of evidential value. We take this matter very seriously and we have assured the family members that we will do all we can to ensure that we gather the best possible evidence to secure a conviction, come trial day."
Reporter:
"These are the same two individuals that were found in the vehicle that was parked at some point in time behind the vehicle of the victims."
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Yes, those same two individuals."
