Missing Teen, Shiloh Coleman, Found Dead Near Mile Eight
A family’s desperate search for nineteen-year-old Shiloh Coleman has ended in tragedy. Police found the body of a young man believed to be Coleman off Mile Eight on the George Price Highway this afternoon. Investigators say the victim had been shot in the head, and his hands were bound with duct tape. Coleman disappeared Saturday after telling his mother he would soon be home. Now, police are retracing his final movements and searching for the vehicle he was driving.
Britney Gordon, Reporting
What happened after Shiloh Coleman told his mother he was on his way home? That is the question now driving a murder investigation after a weekend search for the missing nineteen-year-old ended with the discovery of his body.
Stacy Smith
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
“The body of the young Mr. Coleman was found in an initial state of decomposition and exhibited apparent gunshot wound. Coleman was reported missing at around five thirty p.m. on eighth November 2026 by his mother, who stated that the last time she heard from him was just before nine p.m. on seventh November, when she had noted that his vehicle was not parked at home, and she sent a message to him inquiring of his whereabouts. A message was returned indicating that he would be back. However, up to the time of the mother making a report, she had not heard from him.”
Coleman was seen last Saturday in the Belama Phase One area, driving a red Chevrolet Trax. His mother, Edalia Gordon, says he had attended the funeral and repast for Belizean artist J Cas. Coleman later returned home briefly but left again. When his mother contacted him, he told her he would be home shortly. He never returned.
On the Phone: Edalia Gordon
On the Phone: Edalia Gordon, Mother of Deceased
“He went to J Cas funeral, and then after that he went to the repass. So he came home and then, I was in my room when I came out back. I didn’t see his vehicle, so I called him. I text him and he said, ‘I’ll be home right now,’ and he never did return. Then I text him seven forty-nine, and he answered seven fifty.”
This was not Coleman’s first encounter with gun violence. In 2020, when he was twelve, armed men stormed his family’s home and opened fire. Coleman, who was inside a bedroom with his mother and grandmother, suffered a gunshot wound to his right thigh. But his family says Coleman had not reported any recent threats and rarely stayed away from home overnight.
Britney Gordon
“Do you know if he was under any threat or to raise cause for concern?”
On the Phone: Edalia Gordon
“No, nothing like that. Nothing like that. He’s a calm person.”
Britney Gordon
“Has anything like this happened before?”
On the Phone: Edalia Gordon
“Never. He doesn’t sleep out of his house. He always comes home.”
Coleman had recently started working as a teller at Belize Bank. In a social media tribute, the bank remembered him for his strength, kindness and the joy he brought to the workplace. The company said his death leaves a painful void among his colleagues.
On the Phone: Edalia Gordon
“He just started working at the Belize Bank, and he’s a bubbly person. A lot of people love him.”
Police have not recovered the red Chevrolet Trax Coleman was driving. Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage as they work to determine where Coleman went, who he encountered and what led to his killing. Britney Gordon for News Five.
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