Alabama retiree murdered in Belize

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) – Rodney Speeding, 66, was a free spirit. That’s the reason he took and likelihood after retirement and moved 2,270 miles from Salem, Alabama, to Corozal, Belize.

Relations say it was his dream come true. He lived there along with his two canines, Petey and Poppy, for round seven weeks earlier than being brutally murdered on Aug. 17.

Media studies present the Alabamian was shot 9 occasions exterior his new house.

His sister and Prattville resident Carla McLean is devastated. She discovered of her brother’s homicide early Thursday.

“(He was) wanting a greater life after which went to a spot that was the top of his life,” McLean stated.

She doesn’t imagine the assault was random, saying it may have been somebody her brother met. He could have been focused as a result of he was American. His pockets was stolen that evening.

“I feel it might have been any person he confided in,” she stated. “I don’t assume Rod went round waving cash, as a result of he wasn’t like that.”

Proper now, the household is working with the U.S. embassy and native police to try to discover solutions.

They’re afraid this case will probably be forgotten. Relations fear folks in Corozal are afraid to talk up.

“Folks get damage. They get shut up. They receives a commission off and typically taken out – I’ve been listening to that,” McLean stated.

It solely makes it tougher to safe justice for Speeding.

As McLean mourns the lack of her youngest brother, she is asking the group for prayers.

The household additionally wants some monetary help as they start the grueling job of getting their brother’s physique again into this nation, and determining what to do along with his automotive, canines and different possessions. A GoFundMe has been created.

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