Mother of Two Seeks Public’s Assistance in Identifying Burglary Suspect

A Belize City resident is seeking public assistance in identifying an individual who burglarized her home. Keisha Banner a resident of Estella Metzgen  Street in Belize City has obtained surveillance footage of a man she believes was involved in the burglary of her home at around three p.m. on Monday. The surveillance footage shows a dark complexion person dressed in a red t-shirt, riding a bicycle along Tibruce Street, carrying a microwave. Since receiving the footage, Banner reached out to us for assistance in making the video public. The mother of two told us this evening that the incident has left her heartbroken, because like many she struggles to provide for her children.

Keisha Banner

Keisha Banner, Belize City Resident

“Yesterday, someone burglarized my home. I don’t know who it is and I have been trying to get help from the neighbors and trying to figure out who it is. One of my neighbors helps me with a surveillance camera, but I don’t know the person. It is hard fuh mek I really recognize who it is because they don’t show their face. So, I the ask the public assistance to help. I the struggle. I nuh have nothing. I nuh rich. People nuh know weh deh do to you when they do these things to you. It is heart breaking for me. I just gone for one overnight dah my breda. Dah like, deh don’t care. This happen like after three p.m. and dah nuh like deh come one time. They come three, four, times and back weh my things out of my house. Weh you the think fih do that? I nuh have nothing like that and unu the tek that from me. Unu the tek from my pikney deh. Like, ih just heart breaking for me. It just left me in a world. This was the second time deh do it. The first time deh neva really ker anything other than a money pan weh I had some savings for my baby deh. And, it is still traumatizing fih know that people wah tek from people weh nuh rich. I nuh have it like that fih seh I just live eena a comfortable lifestyle. I try build a comfortable lifestyle fih me and my pikni deh and dah like ih just bruk me down. Ih tek mih TV, my microwave, flat iron, clothes, my husband had some stuff he the sell fih some young man like some shoes, Jordan shoes, tennis shoes, headphones. Ih gone with all of them and ih ransack the whole house like ih mih the look.”