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San Ignacio man stabbed to death

By on July 19, 2016
Santiago Juan Layout (San Ignacio town)

Santiago Juan Layout
(San Ignacio town)

San Ignacio, CAYO. Tuesday, July 19, 2016. There was a fatal stabbing incident last night in San Ignacio town.

33 year old Edilberto Morales was fatally wounded to the chest, rib area and left shoulder during an altercation which happened in the Santiago Juan Layout area of San Ignacio town.

Morales, a resident of the Kontiki extension area of San Ignacio town also sustained a large cut wound to the center of his head.

Santiago Juan area

Santiago Juan area

Police say that Morales and a friend were walking on Floyd Moro Street in the Santiago Juan Layout area sometime before 7 o’clock on Monday night when he got into an argument with another man from the same area.

During the confrontation, police say Morales was fatally wounded and his friend who tried to intervene in the fight was injured to the head and forehead.

San Ignacio police have since detained three persons and are looking for a fourth person whom authorities believe is the main suspect as their investigation of the murder continues.

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