Police are investigating the murder of a truck driver whose body was found early this morning.
Authorities responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. on Valley of Peace Road in the Cayo District, where they found a Freightliner truck with a yellow trailer loaded with sugar cane parked along the roadside. Inside the vehicle, officers discovered bloodstains and a machete.
A subsequent search of the surrounding area led to the grim discovery of a man’s body bearing multiple chop wounds. The victim was later identified as 32-year-old Fredi Michael Ortega, a Belizean truck driver from Roaring Creek Village.
The investigation continues.