[4] By this time, tensions among the populace were rising and demands for the killer to face justice were high, with the victims' families holding candlelight vigils.
[4] In the months following the last murder, several incidents were reported of a man driving a red car and wearing a stocking mask who unsuccessfully attempted to attack and kidnap young girls in Belize City.
[2] In 2000, pathologist Dr. Mario Estradabran announced a harrowing revelation: prior to being brutally murdered, all of the girls were plied with alcohol and drugs, as well as being tortured.
The Ripper had used the same instrument in all five cases, and judging by the precision of the cuts made on the bodies, it is assumed that he either has a medical background or at the very least access to surgical utilities.
During an interview with the director of the organization, a reporter confirmed that the evidence relating to the Belize Ripper murders still has usable DNA and it will be scanned.
[3] It was suggested that Lonnie David Franklin Jr., an American serial killer connected to the murders of at least ten sex workers in Los Angeles, California over several decades, could be a possible suspect.
Known as The Grim Sleeper for an apparent 14-year break between his known murders, lasting from 1988 to 2002, it is claimed that Franklin had connections to the country via his marriage to Sylvia Castillo, who was from Belize.