He added that her companion, Drew De Voursney, 36, also left his passport in his home. His motorcycle — his only form of transportation — was parked at Matus's house.
I am confused.
Did they share a house or have separate residences?
Just curious
Drew was 6'6"
How hard would it be to manually strangle a man that size?
It feels like he would have had to be disabled or subdued in some way other that his wrist duct taped
Or held I guess
I'm having trouble with the edit button. Sorry for the typos. I'll try to be more careful.
Anyway, I wanted to say that when I first saw the story I initially thought that maybe someone took them and wanted one or both to transfer funds to someone's account. ....thinking they'd have a couple of days to get it out or whatever. And that local friends would just think that they'd both left the area and were not missing. NOw I'm just confused.
I also wonder if they had the flat tire after leaving the bar, trying to get home in which case it could be just an opportunity type thing, or if the perp had the flat while dumping the car. But this seems a little too planned - the duct tape for starters.
Too many clues for this to be a random robbery
- Threats
- Francesca's planning to leave in the morning
- Tampered door lock
- Duct tape
Add to that, would you rob a girl that was with a 6'6" ex marine?
This has all the makings of a planned hit. They are dead because for some reason somebody wanted them dead. I'm wondering if the perp knew that the farmer was about to torch the field and figured the bodies would be burned? Possibly the burning is something that is done every year at the beginning of May?
And maybe the battery was taken to make the car inoperable and burned along with the fields.
Also, I've noticed come duct tape on the passenger side front bumper/headlight in some of the pictures. I'm guessing the car body wasn't in great condition, so the door lock damage loses some significance for me.
In my opinion, this attack was well planned. Once it is discovered what the motive was, they will have the perpetrators.
After the celebration at the bar, the victims would have been relaxed and having had a few drinks, not as vigilant as perhaps they usually would be. They would have been focused on each other and the trip the next morning.
The strangest part to me (aside from one of them being a Marine who was 6 foot 6 inches) was that the cause of death is said to be strangulation, not gun shots.
Very sad for their family and friends. It's obvious how loved they were.
I'm not sold on the lock thing either. I wonder if F&D left the bar to meet someone? Possibly to pay a debt? Maybe they were accosted where the truck was found?
So what do you all think about the stolen battery?
So what do you all think about the stolen battery?
Quite frankly, in a poor country like that, wouldn't surprise me if a local came across the vehicle and stole the battery because he needed it.
My post #308........so car was inoperable. If someone stumbled upon the car, it couldn't be moved.
If there was something criminal going on, my Guess is Francesca was a part of it. I can find no record of her company's existence despite the fact that she's been doing it since 2009. My sister in law is in real estate and if I google her name I get dozens of hits on her. Francesca purports to be the president of Boardwalk, yet she spends 6 months of the year in Belize? I just don't see where her income was coming from? Drew on the other hand seemed to at least have thoughts of a career, buying land to start a dive shop, and starting school to operate heavy machinery.
Another thing that struck me as odd was that when LE mentioned the threats, they also mentioned that they felt that others in the community were aware it. That leads me to believe that the threats were related to something that many other people in the area were involved in. Weed? Maybe.
Last Updated Thursday, May 4, 2017 3:50PM EDT Two people who were questioned by Belize police in the deaths of a Canadian woman and her American boyfriend have been released.
The mother of the American man says the U.S. embassy in Belize told her both people being questioned were released and no one is currently in custody.
Char De Voursney said she's disappointed in the lack of progress in the investigation, but is hopeful her son's remains will be returned home shortly.
“We're hoping to bury him in a national cemetery here in Georgia,” she said.
Ivana Pucci, Matus's cousin, said the Canadian government has made arrangements to bring her remains home, but is not sure when that will occur.