Jennison Vernon is Chopped to Death in Peini

On Thursday morning, shortly before midday, Punta Gorda police responded to information that the lifeless body of a man had been discovered near a pier on Front Street.  Upon arriving at that location, the officers observed the lifeless body of forty-four-year-old Jennison Vernon.  He was found face down next to the seawall by the fisherman’s cooperative.  Vernon had been hacked to death and on his body were as many as seven chop wounds, from his upper shoulder to the middle of his head.  Vernon was recently released from the Belize Central Prison and was reportedly homeless. We understand that the murder victim has no known relatives in P.G.