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HeadlineCansino family devastated; Emir found dead

The frantic search for 20-year-old Emir Cansino, Jr., who disappeared after leaving the home of a friend on Baymen Avenue in the early hours of Monday morning, ended in heartache for his family, as their worst fears were realized. His body, which had already started to decompose, was found off the John Smith Road on the George Price Highway on Thursday, May 5, at about 2:00 in the afternoon. Shortly after, his father, Emir Cansino, Sr., confirmed his identity.

Prior to Cansino’s disappearance, he had left his home on Sunday, May 1, between the hours of 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. en route to the Park Fest, which was held at the BTL Park in Belize City.  Subsequent to that event, he was seen at around 4:00 a.m. the following morning leaving a friend’s home on Baymen Avenue. It was reportedly the last time anyone saw him alive.

There had initially been reports that Cansino had left his friend’s home on a bicycle; however, that wasn’t the case, as surveillance camera footage showed him at around 4:03 that morning  standing with some friends in that area before meeting his untimely demise. 

On Tuesday, May 3, he was reported missing to police by his mother, Sheryl Jones, a nurse in the labor and delivery section of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, who became concerned on Monday evening when her son had not returned home and had called his father, Emir Cansino, Sr. to express her concern. Since that report was made, several search parties, including other KHMH nurses, were involved in efforts to locate Cansino, which led to the discovery of his body on Thursday afternoon. He was wearing the same clothing that he wore on Sunday night, and there were multiple apparent gunshot wounds on his body.

According to Cansino, Sr., a friend had said that, “they left the party and went to his house, then he fell asleep and got up and say he was going home. He got on his bike to go home, but he never reached.”

Currently, several persons are in police custody who are believed to be connected to the murder of Emir Cansino, Jr.

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