ComPol Says Pathologist Called in to Assist Police at Scene

Today, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams informed reporters that the bodies of the three women showed no signs of foul play. He emphasized that the evidence gathered heavily relies on the pathologists’ input. Although gummies were found at the scene, Williams clarified that this doesn’t necessarily link them to the women’s deaths. The autopsy reports will be crucial in determining what the women consumed and what was in their stomachs. The gummy bears, not made in Belize, could have been brought in by the women or someone else. Forensic experts suggest the women could have been dead for up to twenty hours before being discovered. According to Williams, the women were supposed to leave Belize on Sunday, just a day after they were found dead.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“The bodies exhibited no signs of injuries. Police also saw inside the room what appeared to be vomit beside each female. They policed with a view to ensure that the scene was properly processed. I waited for the Scenes of Crime personnel to arrive as well as the pathologists. This is one of the cases where we invited the pathologists to come on the scene as well so that they could assist the police in navigating the scene with a view to see what can be found of evidential value. That was done. The police did a thorough search of the scene, along with the pathologists and Scenes of Crime and there was nothing of substance that could have been found, other than alcohol and some gummies. You may recall, a couple years ago, we had some gummies that were disposed of from the police exhibit room and they were found by somebody at the dumpsite and sold. And then we saw where some people who consume those gummies had to be rushed to the hospital. So we found some of those gummies inside the room. Now, we’re not saying at this time that the gummies caused the deaths, but we’re looking at every possibility.  I know that today the postmortem examination is going to be conducted by the National Forensic Services, and we are anxiously awaiting that result to see if they will be able to unearth anything to assist us in determining the cause of death. There is also a theory that they could have died from carbon monoxide. And so, again, a test will be done, hopefully today or tomorrow, with the National Fire Service who have the equipment to test the level of carbon monoxide in a building. The police have also viewed this surveillance footage from the hotel that they were staying. And this surveillance footage showed that they went to the hotel room Thursday evening and they were not seen leaving that room again and nobody was seen going into the room. On Friday, the housekeeping department went to the room to do the usual housekeeping, but when they knocked on the door, no one answered and so they just left. And I think that is the norm because you know, they do have some guests who do not want their room to be cleaned. So they would not respond when housekeeping would go to check. And the following day, which was Saturday, the housekeeping department went again, to do housekeeping. They knocked on the door and got no response, and they became suspicious.  So based on that, they reported the matter to management, and management got a master key to the room, opened the room, and that’s when they found the three females inside the room, motionless, and then the police were called. So, we’re trying to do as best as we can, including to see where they may have gone on Thursday before they went home, what, if anything, they consumed.”