Joseph Vaccaro Jr. Beats Second Murder Rap

Twenty-nine-year-old Joseph Vaccaro walked away from court a free man earlier today after beating a second murder charge.  The Belize City resident was accused of the execution style shooting of a Chinese businessman of eighty-eight Shopping Center in November 2019.  Zheng Cheng Liu was shot and killed near mile four on the George Price Highway.  Vaccaro learned his fate when he appeared before Justice Derick Sylvester in the High Court.  Prosecutor Riis Cattouse could not proceed with the trial because he was unable to locate the crown’s main witness.  The D.P.P.’s office noted that the Belize Police Department had also attempted to locate the witness but those efforts were futile. Cattouse subsequently entered a case of nolle prosqui which set Vaccaro free.