San Pedro Resident Missing for Five Days

Police are seeking the public’s assistance to locate San Pedro Town resident Carlos Cassanova. He was last seen just before midnight on Saturday and Sunday morning. There are reports that Cassanova was in the back of a police mobile when he was last seen. His sister, Telma Corado, says she has received those reports, but the Belize Police Department has said that this narrative is not accurate. Corado told us, via telephone, what the family knows so far.

 

On the Phone: Telma Corado, Sister

“For right now, we’re a bit relieved since the police have taken our report seriously, because at first they weren’t really paying mind to it. So they’ve started their investigation and started reviewing nearby footage. I don’t know much for now. All we know at the moment is that he went missing on Saturday night. The last persons who saw are saying that he was last seen between the hours of twelve in the morning Saturday into Sunday morning. So, they’re currently investigating, and they’ll start getting videos from nearby stores that have cameras so that we can figure out what time more or less he came down. That’s really all we have for now. But I do feel relieved that the police have already taken my report and started the investigation.”

 

Benita Palacio

“We understand that he was last seen behind a police truck; is this true?”

 

Telma Corado

“Well, that’s what people are saying, and that’s what they’re investigating now.”

 

Benita Palacio

“We also understand that he left his phone in his room; is this true?”

 

Telma Corado

“Yes, that’s right. He left his phone, his wallet everything. He left everything; didn’t take anything with him. The only thing we see he might have taken is his keys because the door was locked.”