Family of Missing Fireman Fearing the Worst

Peter Jones

A San Ignacio fireman, Peter Jones, has been missing since Monday after he failed to return home that night to his waiting wife and newborn child. The family now fears that their loved one is dead, and that a burnt body found on a farm in Esperanza village on Tuesday is his. News Five spoke to Jones’ uncle over the phone.

Via Phone: Uncle of Peter Jones

“Last time I sih my nephew dah mih Monday. He mih the round yah like round eleven. From deh he gawn home dah Esperanza village because he just recently moved down deh back. And, the last time his wife seh she sih ah, dah mih like round three, three thirty. Ih mih gwen somewhere, he tell ah. From there, we don’t know. We nuh hear from ah again.”

Paul Lopez

“Had he ever reported to anyone, any family members, that he may be having any sort of conflict or beef with anyone?”

Via Phone: Uncle of Peter Jones

“No no no, he neva did have no problems. None ah we have no problems with no one. He definitely had no problems with no one. He just mih the get into the buying and selling of vehicles. So maybe I she somebody might envy him and set him up and hurt him or something like that.”

Paul Lopez

“What is the family doing at this time? Is there are search party ongoing?”

Via Phone: Uncle of Peter Jones

“Well to be honest with yo, I nuh wah pet and powda nothing like that. We nuh the have no search party because I honestly feel like my nephew done dead already.”

Paul Lopez

“I mean the family would want some closure. How do you get that?”

Via Phone: Uncle of Peter Jones

“We have to wait for the DNA and everything. Dah that we the wait pan right now.”

Paul Lopez

“That is in relation to the burnt body found in Esperanza?”

Via Phone: Uncle of Peter Jones

“Yes sir. I feel like that dah my nephew’s body.”