Two Roaring Creek Men Charged in Travis Swift Murder

A community already shaken by tragedy is now gripped by frustration. Tonight, police are on high alert after a man charged with the cold-blooded murder of twenty-one-year-old Travis Swift has escaped custody. It was just weeks ago that a quiet night in Camalote Village turned into a nightmare. Travis had just returned from a quick store run when gunfire erupted, right inside his mother’s bedroom. Nearly thirty shell casings were found at the scene, the walls riddled with bullets, the windows shattered. His mother, Rosita Orellana, described it as something out of a war zone. Heartbreakingly, Travis is the second son she’s lost to gun violence in just seven years. Two men were charged, Michael Middleton and Kyle Roberts, but now, Middleton is on the run. Police are pleading with the public for help. Assistant Superintendent Stacy Smith has more on this alarming development.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“ Today, fourth July, 2025, police formally arrested and charged two men in connection with the murder of Travis Darnell Swift, which occurred on thirteenth June, 2025, twenty-eight-year-old Michael Middleton, a Belizean construction worker, and twenty-three-year-old Kyle Roberts, a Belizean truck driver, both off Roaring Creek Village Cayo District have been jointly charged for the crime of murder. Regrettably, subsequent to Middleton’s arrest, he escaped from lawful custody, and as such is wanted by police. Middleton is medium built. He stands at approximately five feet eight inches in height, and is brown in complexion. The department anticipates that it’ll be able to apprehend Middleton in due course, but it takes the opportunity to remind the general public that it is an offense to knowingly harbor conceal or assist in the harboring or the concealing of a wanted person, and that offense is punishable with up to five years imprisonment.”

 

Reporter

“Should this individual be considered armed and dangerous?”

 

ASP Stacy Smith

“He is wanted for a crime of murder. Where in firearm was used? We know murder is a charge for which bail is not granted at the lower court. So those are considerations. So persons are encouraged to be on the report and be wary and certainly to pass on any information as it relates to Mr. Middleton.”