May 14, 2024 • 5 mins
Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – married into one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, listeners, this is mostly Secret the host and reporter
behind Radical. I want to tell you about a new
podcast that I think you'll like. It's called White Devil,
and it's a story of corruption and murder set in
the island nation of Belie. The host is Josh Dean,
who you may know is the voice of the Chameleon podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I think you'll like it a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Gonna play you a bit now and I'll be back
after with information on where to find the show.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Police Superintendent Henry Jamont was a father of five and
a law enforcement veteran. His friends and family say they
are stunned by his sudden death and equally shocked that
a police officer could die this way. Police in this
Central American country confirmed Jamont did not die in the
line of duty, but instead in what they describe as
(00:46):
an incident. The details disclosed that Jamon and a woman
were drinking alone on the pier and both were fully clothed.
Details beyond that are scanned.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
The exact truth of what happened in Belize on May
twenty eighth, twenty twenty one isn't knowable in any objective way.
There were two people there alone on an isolated pier,
and only one survived to talk about it. There were
no witnesses, no cameras, and as the saying goes, a
(01:20):
dead man tells no tales.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
So with that in mind, here's what we know.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Sometime around twelve thirty am, a security guard outside of
some luxury condos on Ambergus Key, the largest island off
the coast of Belize, heard a gunshot. These condos are
adjacent to a brand new luxury resort called Alayah on
the outskirts of the town of San Pedro. If you've
been to Belize, you've probably stayed in San Pedro. It's
(01:47):
a party town which fronts the region's largest coral reef,
so it's filled with bachelors and bachelorettes, as well as
fishermen and scuba divers. It's noisy and can be crowded
as tourists and golf carts buzz around its dirt lanes,
dodging Belisians selling t shirts and coconuts.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
But on this night it was very quiet. This was
pandemic times.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
When the guards who heard that gunshot got to the pier,
they found just one person, a woman they knew well,
a young blonde Canadian who lived in the condos they
were protecting. She was in a panic state, covered in
blood and muttering about an accident.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Bobbing in the sea. Just off the.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Pier was the body of a large black man who
turned out to be a cop named Henry Jamott, and
not just any cop either. Henry Jamott was a boss,
a superintendent at one time, the second ranking police officer
on the island, and there was no doubt about this part.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Henry Jamott was dead. After seven months of being a
murder free island.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Sent Pedrick Town was rocked by the news of the
death of its former police born.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Just after one, Superintendent Henry Jamott was fatally shot, reportedly
with his own weapon.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Questions are swirling this morning, a high ranking police officer dead,
a woman connected to a billionaire family alone on the
pier when he died this morning, calls for justice.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Police Commissioner Chester Williams Police's highest ranking police officer, spoke
to the press a half day later on the afternoon
of May twenty nine to update the country on his
initial findings in this incredible case of the rich white
woman and the dead black cop.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Upon investigating, police found the female on a peer. She
had what appeared to be blood on her arms and
on her clothing. If I arm was also seen on
the pier. That Fayam has been retrieved and we have
(03:49):
learned that the fairearm belonged to the police and inside
the water is right near the pier, police recovered the
lifeless body of mister Jimot with one apparent gunshot womb
behind the right.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Ear, behind the right ear. It's exactly where you would
put a bullet if you were trying to execute a man.
But the only plausible executioner here was a young woman
with no criminal record and a very high profile around town.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Her name was Jasmine Harten. Jasmine Harten, a socialide accused.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Of killing a police.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Super in America is behind bars. Jasmine Harten was arrested
and charged in connections to this deadly shooting.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Jasmine Harten was taken into custody and put in a cell.
It looked bad, but the way things worked in believe,
everybody figured that this rich, well connected expat would just
buy your way out of it.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
In this case, everybody was wrong. Hey, it's mostly again.
Thanks for listening to that clip of White Devil. The
show is available now. On all platforms. Wherever you get
your podcasts, that's where you'll find it.
Hey, listeners, this is mostly Secret the host and reporter
behind Radical. I want to tell you about a new
podcast that I think you'll like. It's called White Devil,
and it's a story of corruption and murder set in
the island nation of Belie. The host is Josh Dean,
who you may know is the voice of the Chameleon podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
I think you'll like it a lot.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Gonna play you a bit now and I'll be back
after with information on where to find the show.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Police Superintendent Henry Jamont was a father of five and
a law enforcement veteran. His friends and family say they
are stunned by his sudden death and equally shocked that
a police officer could die this way. Police in this
Central American country confirmed Jamont did not die in the
line of duty, but instead in what they describe as
(00:46):
an incident. The details disclosed that Jamon and a woman
were drinking alone on the pier and both were fully clothed.
Details beyond that are scanned.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
The exact truth of what happened in Belize on May
twenty eighth, twenty twenty one isn't knowable in any objective way.
There were two people there alone on an isolated pier,
and only one survived to talk about it. There were
no witnesses, no cameras, and as the saying goes, a
(01:20):
dead man tells no tales.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
So with that in mind, here's what we know.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Sometime around twelve thirty am, a security guard outside of
some luxury condos on Ambergus Key, the largest island off
the coast of Belize, heard a gunshot. These condos are
adjacent to a brand new luxury resort called Alayah on
the outskirts of the town of San Pedro. If you've
been to Belize, you've probably stayed in San Pedro. It's
(01:47):
a party town which fronts the region's largest coral reef,
so it's filled with bachelors and bachelorettes, as well as
fishermen and scuba divers. It's noisy and can be crowded
as tourists and golf carts buzz around its dirt lanes,
dodging Belisians selling t shirts and coconuts.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
But on this night it was very quiet. This was
pandemic times.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
When the guards who heard that gunshot got to the pier,
they found just one person, a woman they knew well,
a young blonde Canadian who lived in the condos they
were protecting. She was in a panic state, covered in
blood and muttering about an accident.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Bobbing in the sea. Just off the.
Speaker 4 (02:27):
Pier was the body of a large black man who
turned out to be a cop named Henry Jamott, and
not just any cop either. Henry Jamott was a boss,
a superintendent at one time, the second ranking police officer
on the island, and there was no doubt about this part.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Henry Jamott was dead. After seven months of being a
murder free island.
Speaker 5 (02:50):
Sent Pedrick Town was rocked by the news of the
death of its former police born.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Just after one, Superintendent Henry Jamott was fatally shot, reportedly
with his own weapon.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Questions are swirling this morning, a high ranking police officer dead,
a woman connected to a billionaire family alone on the
pier when he died this morning, calls for justice.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
Police Commissioner Chester Williams Police's highest ranking police officer, spoke
to the press a half day later on the afternoon
of May twenty nine to update the country on his
initial findings in this incredible case of the rich white
woman and the dead black cop.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Upon investigating, police found the female on a peer. She
had what appeared to be blood on her arms and
on her clothing. If I arm was also seen on
the pier. That Fayam has been retrieved and we have
(03:49):
learned that the fairearm belonged to the police and inside
the water is right near the pier, police recovered the
lifeless body of mister Jimot with one apparent gunshot womb
behind the right.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
Ear, behind the right ear. It's exactly where you would
put a bullet if you were trying to execute a man.
But the only plausible executioner here was a young woman
with no criminal record and a very high profile around town.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Her name was Jasmine Harten. Jasmine Harten, a socialide accused.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Of killing a police.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Super in America is behind bars. Jasmine Harten was arrested
and charged in connections to this deadly shooting.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Jasmine Harten was taken into custody and put in a cell.
It looked bad, but the way things worked in believe,
everybody figured that this rich, well connected expat would just
buy your way out of it.
Speaker 7 (04:51):
In this case, everybody was wrong. Hey, it's mostly again.
Thanks for listening to that clip of White Devil. The
show is available now. On all platforms. Wherever you get
your podcasts, that's where you'll find it.
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