YO CREEK, Orange Walk District, Sat. May 23, 2020– Abner Othoniel Novelo, 30, a farm caretaker of Yo Creek who was a family man, was found dead on the farm this morning. He had been brutally murdered.

Those who saw him said that he had been shot in the head, his throat had been slit, his right arm had been severed and taken from the scene, and his left arm had been severed below the elbow. He had also been chopped on both knees, and in his chest and stomach.

A man who went to the farm saw the gruesome scene and called police, who, on their arrival on the farm, found Novelo lying on the ground, in boxer shorts, outside the farm house.

Police say that very little is presently known about the murder, except that it appears to have been the result of a drug deal gone bad. Novelo was last seen alive in the village at about 8:00 last night, said police.

Feature photo: Abner Novelo, deceased