Deshaies girlfriend, Jasmine Lizarraga, waited outside the Corozal police station for him Monday, hoping he would be released from custody. Police, however, said he would soon be transferred to a prison southwest of Belize City on the theft-related charges. Lizarraga denied her boyfriend was involved in the killings.
John is a very cool guy, said Lizarraga, who stayed with Deshaies at Matus home. He would never do something like that. He was very close to Francesca.
Lizarraga and Perera also said Deshaies is not guilty of the theft-related charges. Police have accused him of stealing tens of thousands of Belizean dollars worth of computer equipment, gambling chips and other items from a casino in Belize. Lizarraga said her boyfriend was hired to move that equipment to another casino.
He was just doing his job, she said.