BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Police Commissioner Chester Williams has confirmed {that a} 41-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter by negligence following the loss of life of his spouse, who was hit on the pinnacle with a conch shell.
The police stated that Jennifer Lynn Griffith died after being hit by the conch throughout a brawl involving her husband, Maynor Rene Ancona, over the past weekend in San Pedro City.
They stated whereas Ancona has not confessed to by chance killing his spouse, investigators have sufficient proof to substantiate the cost.
“The pathologist licensed that the girl died from a penetration to the pinnacle by a projectile. I additionally assume that fragments of the conch shell had been additionally present in her head. And so we will see definitively now that it was a conch shell that brought on, brought on her loss of life,” Williams advised reporters.
“The query now’s who threw the conch shell that brought on her loss of life. We’ve additionally recorded a number of statements from individuals who had been concerned within the combat, in addition to different unbiased witnesses.
“And from the investigation, it appeared that we will affirm from the investigation that the one that threw the projectile that brought on the loss of life of the American lady is her husband. And so he might be charged as we speak for manslaughter by negligence.”
Williams stated that the husband “was throwing it indiscriminately, after which it caught her, and that led to her loss of life. It’s an unlucky scenario.
“I do know he have to be going by way of a troublesome time now. He misplaced his spouse. And now he must be charged for it. For certain, he didn’t intend to, however in regulation, there’s a factor referred to as switch of malice,” Williams advised reporters.
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