Police investigate death of 51-year-old man

Wednesday, November 11^th, 2015. BMG: Belize City Police is investigating of a 51-year-old man who was charged by police for a brawl he was involved in, shortly before being hospitalized. Arlie Andrew Avilez of Belize City was arrested then charged for “wounding”, appearing in court on October 13^th and was hospitalized two days later on the 15^th.

Just 10 days after being admitted at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital (KHMH), Avilezpassed away and it was until yesterday that a post-mortem examination was conducted on his body. That examination certified that his cause of death was Cordiac thrembo-embolism, due to acute cerebral Aedema, due to multipetecheal Paranchymal, due to Brain Haemorrhage/Head Trauma, which could have been caused during the brawl he was involved in since it was so intense that he and his opponent fell into a drain.

The Police Department has stated that it will forward the file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice after the investigation is completed.