Some contract workers who were digging a trench on Iguana Street Extension in Belize City made a horrid discovery of what are suspected to be human remains which had become embedded in the earth just below the street.
While conducting excavation works on the right hand side of the street, Kirk Young, one of the employees who had been subcontracted by the Belize Water Services Limited (BWSL), noticed a strange sight within the dirt and decided to take a closer look.
Upon closer inspection, he told Amandala, he was able to distinguish what looked like possible human remains which had been lodged beneath the ground, probably for decades.
Young said, “I was digging the trench and we had dug out more than 3 feet when I came upon the bones. When I first saw it, I thought it was a rock, but when I lifted it up, it turned out to be part of what seemed to be a human skull, then after that I found other parts of it, such as parts of the leg, hand and so on. After that we called the police, who came and took the remains.”
The worker said that he believes that more than likely, based on their appearance, the remains belonged to an infant who had perished some time ago.
Administration Officer at Precinct 2, Corporal Jorge Lemus, briefed the media on the finding and said that investigators are currently working to confirm exactly what type of remains were found.
He stated, “At 10:00 a.m. this morning, the police received information of human remains being discovered on Iguana Street Extension. As a result, our detectives went to the area, where they saw what appeared to be bone remains. Belize Water Services is presently digging trenches in the area and the workers were digging a 3-foot trench when they came upon the remains.”
According to Lemus, the remains have since been sent to the Forensics Department and the police pathologist for further analysis.
In late November of 2012, BWSL workers who were digging trenches similarly found a batch of human bones on North Front Street near its approach with the Swing Bridge.
At the time, it was believed that they were the remains of someone who died in Hurricane Hattie and was later buried at that location.