Who’s Responsible for the Death of Jennifer Griffith?       

A post-mortem examination of the body of forty-six-year-old Jennifer Griffith should determine what specifically caused her death and who is responsible. The resident of San Pedro Town was riding in a golf cart with her husband at the steering wheel on the northern end of San Pedro on Saturday night when they crashed into El Norte Bar. During the crash, Griffith reportedly suffered a head injury, but then she became embroiled in a fight with an employee of the establishment, who then used a conch shell to hit Griffith in the back of the head. Griffith, who refused medical attention, died the next morning. Today, Belize Rural South Area Representative Andre Perez, who has just been reinstated as the Minister of the Blue Economy, told News Five that the incident should not shed any bad light on Ambergris Caye as far as tourism is concerned.

 

Via phone: Andre Perez, Area Representative, Belize Rural South

“There is a huge expat community in San Pedro due to the vicinity of Belize to the north, especially in the U.S., and also the weather and the quick connectivity, we have a huge community of expats. But of course, they’re retired, and what I’m told is that there was some kind of – it’s a weekend – there was some kind of drinking involved. But it was an unfortunate incident, but certainly not to do where we are throwing the image that you have to be careful, you’re going to get attacked. It seems to have been an altercation when you drink a little too much and you get involved.”