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Police in Belize have charged a 19-year-old man and a 16-year-old male youth with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the stabbing death of Canadian filmmaker Matthiew Klinck.

The two were arrested Wednesday night and charged Friday morning, said Assistant Supt. Reymundo Reyes.

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The adult, Brandon Anderson, was an acquaintance who had known Klinck for about two years, Reyes said. Both accused are Belizean.

Police also seized an amount of cash during the search of a house and believe that robbery was motive for the killing. Klinck was trying to buy land in Belize, but police can’t say if the land deal was motive for the killing.

“There are some loose ends that we need to link even though we believe that this money is part of the proceeds of the crime. That is what we are working on,” Reyes said.

Klinck, 37, was a native of Aylmer, Que., who had lived in Belize since 2011. A talented filmmaker, Klinck had worked to help develop a homegrown film industry in the Central American country of about 350,000 people. Friends found his body Monday outside the door to his house near the community of Spanish Lookout. Expensive electronics and camera equipment were left untouched by his killer or killers.

Klinck’s mother, Louise Dallaire, travelled to Belize Thursday. A memorial service is planned for Saturday in Belize.

Klinck’s film credits include the comedy film Hank and Mike, The Curse of Xtabi — the first feature film shot entirely in Belize with Belizean actors and crew — and a pilot for the soap opera La Isla Bonita Telenovella.

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