Comments on: British Primate Researcher Shot Dead http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/25/british-primate-researcher-shot-dead/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lisa Corewyn http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/25/british-primate-researcher-shot-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-61321 Lisa Corewyn Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:37:50 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/?p=2398#comment-61321 I feel that I must clarify what is being reported about the tragic death of Ben Samphire. Ben was working on my project investigating a threatened species of howler monkey while in Ecuador. It is being reported that he is thought to have been trespassing on the killer's land and was mistaken for a thief. This is entirely untrue. Ben and my other research associate were working on land owned by 2 individuals in the community of Palmar who had given full written, and signed permission for us to be there. They were fully supportive of the project. The person currently under suspicion has, to my knowledge, not yet been caught, nor is he a local landowner. Though we have no motive for the shooting, he was shot at close range and could not have been mistaken for a thief. In fact, our theory is that this person wanted to rob Ben since he was carrying quite a bit of expensive equipment, including cameras, GPS units, and binoculars. My thoughts are with Ben's family, and I am heartbroken for them. Lisa Corewyn I feel that I must clarify what is being reported about the tragic death of Ben Samphire. Ben was working on my project investigating a threatened species of howler monkey while in Ecuador. It is being reported that he is thought to have been trespassing on the killer’s land and was mistaken for a thief. This is entirely untrue. Ben and my other research associate were working on land owned by 2 individuals in the community of Palmar who had given full written, and signed permission for us to be there. They were fully supportive of the project. The person currently under suspicion has, to my knowledge, not yet been caught, nor is he a local landowner. Though we have no motive for the shooting, he was shot at close range and could not have been mistaken for a thief. In fact, our theory is that this person wanted to rob Ben since he was carrying quite a bit of expensive equipment, including cameras, GPS units, and binoculars. My thoughts are with Ben’s family, and I am heartbroken for them.

Lisa Corewyn

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