Young Father Found Stabbed to Death in Supermarket Parking Lot  

Tragedy struck Ladyville on Sunday afternoon when twenty-six-year-old Patrick Uh was found stabbed to death in the parking lot of New Moon Supermarket. Around two o’clock, police arrived near Mile 10 on the Philip Goldson Highway and discovered Uh lying face up on a wooden pallet with a fatal chest wound. Investigators recovered a broken knife at the scene, raising tough questions about what led to this deadly encounter in broad daylight. News Five’s Britney Gordon has the details.

 

Britney Gordon, Reporting

On Sunday afternoon, shock swept through shoppers at New Moon Supermarket in Ladyville when a man was found in the parking lot, bearing multiple stab wounds to his chest. Twenty-six-year-old Patrick Uh had reportedly been drinking in the area prior to his death. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Stacy Smith says police are reviewing surveillance footage of the scene.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“The investigators upon their arrival at the scene observed the unresponsive body of a male person who was later learned to be Patrick Uh, a twenty-six–year-old Belizean driver of Lords Bank village. The body of Mr. Uh exhibited apparent stab wounds. Police are in the process of reviewing a number of video footages, and it is hope that these footages will assist in the ongoing investigation.”

 

Uh’s body was identified by his common-law-wife, Roxana Aldana. She said he often stayed out drinking and would come home in the early hours, leaving her fearing the worst.

 

Voice of: Roxana Aldana, Common-law Wife of Deceased

“Sometimes he mi like sleep out but I mi tell ah we woman woulda think bad and I tell ah you have wa next woman? He be like no babe, you know I like drink and I drop asleep and I neva reach home back. He always come three o’clock inna di mawning and then I open the door. Last Saturday he gone, the Sunday he di reach six inna di mawning and I open di door and I tell ah noh do mi dat, Cuz I think bad and I noh want nothing happen to you.”

 

Aldana said that several hours after speaking with Uh, she was unable to reach him. Later that day, her worst fears were realized when she got the call that his body was found in Ladyville.

 

Voice of: Roxana Aldana

“My ma tell me, you done get to Patrick, I tell she noh he noh di pick up, he mussi done dead, but I just she it like a joke. Then just like wa hour after ney call me and tell me ney find he dead. Ney tell me ney see he pan di ground but ney noh tell me that he dead yet. Yes I walk way ny 24/7. Whole way I di oray I she I hope he drunk and mek I bring ah home but when I reach deh I see police, I see the caution sign.”

 

Uh was found with stab wounds to his chest, and investigators recovered a broken knife nearby. Police have not yet identified a suspect or determined a motive for the killing. Aldana noted that while Uh enjoyed drinking, he was not known to be violent or confrontational.

 

Voice of: Roxana Aldana

“He da one person weh he drink but he noh find problems. Because even the people ney tell me he like drink yes, but he da neva wa problem person and I believe that. The only problem ghe does do with me but that’s as partners and everything mi good with me and he. Da mi only the problem that he mi like drink.”

 

Uh had recently resumed his work as a truck driver, and Aldana claimed he had slowed down on his drinking to focus on his family. Together, they share a four-year-old daughter who has yet to learn the news of her father’s tragic death.

 

Voice of: Roxana Aldana

“She di ask me mommy when daddy di come home back? And I tell ah daddy di work because I cya tell ah.  She only see me cry and ih ask me why I di cry and I tell ah I feel bad. But she will have to know anyways because she was di aske me di same thing.”

 

Aldana recalls Uh as a devoted husband and father, and shares that the couple had hoped to grow their small family in the future.

 

Voice of: Roxana Aldana

“He da mi wa jokey person, loving with his family. Like how he always she he have family da Orange Walk but da only he granny, grandpa, aunty but he always seh you and my baby da my only family, My only family, And I respect that because we had a lotta thing with he but I really mi love he. Everything mi good with we. He always used to tell me, thanks fi give m my daughter, He mi even want a lee bwai.”

 

For Patrick Uh’s family, the new year hasn’t started with joy, it’s begun with heartbreak. Instead of celebrating, they’re facing unimaginable grief. Tonight, they’re speaking out, calling for justice and hoping for answers after a life was tragically cut short. Britney Gordon for News Five.