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Man charged for murder in stabbing death of Keisha Buller

By on July 14, 2015
Keisha Buller

Keisha Buller

San Ignacio Town, Cayo. Tuesday, JUly 14, 2015. The family of Keisha Buller, 25, are preparing to lay her to rest on Thursday afternoon in Belize City.

Buller, a Customs Officer stationed at the western border, was viciously stabbed and killed on Friday afternoon at her home in Benque Viejo del Carmen, allegedly by her common-law husband, Ervin Wade, 29.

Wade was arraigned on Monday morning in the San Ignacio Magistrate’s Court, charged for the crime of murder and additionally for use of deadly means of harm and dangerous harm.

No plea was taken from Wade and he was remanded to the Belize Central Prison and ordered to return to the Magistrate’s Court on September 17.

Keisha Buller was stabbed multiple times to the neck, upper body and abdomen, inside her home in Benque Viejo del Carmen around 3:30 pm Friday, July  10, 2015.

She was pronounced dead on arrival at the San Ignacio Community Hospital a short time later.

Following the murder, Wade fled the scene and was captured at a police checkpoint in Central Farm as he was apparently heading to Belize City.

Meanwhile, the Women’s Issues Network of Belize today issued a statement denouncing recent incidents of violence against women.

Two recent incidents cited by WIN-Belize, the murder of Juana Cardinez in Punta Gorda on July 1 and the murder of Keisha Buller in Benque Viejo del Carmen last Friday, were allegedly at the hands of their spouses.

The WIN-Belize statement says that “gender-based violence is a serious violation of basic human rights and is still regrettably underreported in Belize.”

Additionally, WIN-Belize says “complaints are not properly handled by authorities, which sustains this vicious cycle.”

Among the suggestions coming out of WIN-Belize aimed at addressing gender-based violence is a call on government to “sustain its efforts in taking action against perpetrators of gender based violence; improve the Domestic Violence Unit in the police department and to improve the emergency helpline where citizens can confidently report acts of gender based violence and seek support.”

The WIN-Belize statement ends by calling on women parliamentarians, the Prime Minister, social and political leaders to “be united in saying NO to violence against women.”

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