Authorities Investigate Cemetery Vandalism and Decapitation in Corozal

Police are probing into a gruesome incident where the body of a man was exhumed and decapitated. Early this morning, authorities were called out to the cemetery in Alta Mira, Corozal Town, where they observed the disturbed gravesite and the decapitated head of 27-year-old Michael Whittaker. The Corozal resident, who was found murdered in Chetumal, was just laid to rest yesterday. Additionally, the other Belizean man found murdered in Chetumal, Aaron Tun, was also targeted between yesterday evening and this morning.  Love News understands that Tun’s gravesite in the Finca Solana area was also tampered with.  Authorities reportedly found holes in the tomb indicating attempts to remove the body.  It is suspected that the persons involved were not properly equipped to access the corpse. The culprits then reportedly tried to set the body on fire inside the tomb.  Police Commissioner Chester Williams confirmed the incident and stated that police are investigating. 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police: “Obviously there is someone who is trying to send a message. I don’t know how dead they want these men to be dead, but it’s something we’re looking at. Yes we got that information this morning, that has been confirmed. Police visited the grave site this morning and they saw the grave was disturbed, the bodies were exhumed and a check of the body revealed that the skull is missing. So that’s a matter the police are looking at at this time. The second young man from what I was told he was not dug up but they had bored some holes in the tomb and had tried to light it on fire. That’s what I was told about the other one.”

Both Whittaker and Tun were among five dead bodies found in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico, in a village named, Sacxan, on Saturday morning.