Three Men Murdered Over the Weekend 

Thirty-seven-year-old Paul Arthurs of Ontario Village, Cayo District, was fatally stabbed on Saturday night in the New Site area of Blackman Eddy Village. Arthurs was involved in an altercation prior to his murder. Authurs sustained multiple injuries, including a severe stab wound to the abdomen. Arthurs was quickly transported to the Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan, where he was pronounced dead minutes later. Several individuals are in police custody.

Meanwhile, in Orange Walk, police are investigating the murder of sixty-year-old Norman Winston Gillett. Gillett was shot several times early on Sunday morning while he was on Monkey River Street in Orange Walk Town. Two other persons, including the deceased’s son and an acquaintance, were shot. Investigators believe that Gillett’s murder may be the result of an altercation that occurred earlier that night. We are told that a suspect has been identified.

The third murder reportedly occurred on Sunday night in Santa Elena Town, Cayo District. Anthony Smith was shot dead while he was in front of China Town Store. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later succumbed.