Mom-of-two missing in Belize was ‘intoxicated’ when she disappeared, but her sister says she never drank

THE MISSING mother who vanished during a trip to Belize was “intoxicated” the night before she disappeared — but her sister claims the woman didn’t really drink alcohol.

Alison MacKenzie, 43, disappeared between Friday night and Saturday morning while camping on the tiny island of Rendezvous Caye.

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Alison MacKenzie, 43, was apparently last seen on Rendezvous Caye, off the coast of Belize, on Friday night[/caption]

MacKenzie’s boyfriend, Paige Rote, 58, was apparently the last person to see her, around 10pm. He told police she wasn’t there when he woke up around 6am.

Fellow passengers on the catamaran trip with Raggamuffin Tours Limited claimed MacKenzie had been drinking Friday night, according to Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, of the National Crimes Investigations Branch.

But MacKenzie’s sister, Jodie Dixon, told 7 News Belize the woman, from Prescott, Arizona, never drank alcohol.

“I will say it’s not like her to be intoxicated,” Dixon said. “Maybe have a drink, but to be intoxicated, I’ve never seen her drunk in my life.”

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MacKenzie was vacationing with her boyfriend, 58-year-old Paige Rote[/caption]

“We’ve been around each other our whole entire life and she was not a drinker.”

“I don’t know, she was on a cruise on vacation and to my knowledge I talk to the company and they serve like a rum punch or something,” she added.

When Rote realized MacKenzie was gone, he told the boat captain of their group who then searched the island for her.

Romero said Rote is not a suspect but they are continuing to investigate MacKenzie’s disappearance.

Initial reports said MacKenzie was last seen around 10pm, but according to Dixon, a woman named “Charlie” who was on the trip said the captain was the last person to see her sister — around 2.30am Saturday.

Dixon was told MacKenzie had been “walking on the beach after everybody had gone to bed, which is not unusual.”

The woman told Dixon the captain walked MacKenzie back to her tent “and told her she shouldn’t be out at night and made sure she got back in her tent.”

“That was supposedly like 2.30 in the morning,” Dixon said. “So a report about 10pm at night is confusing to me.”

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MacKenzie’s family is said to be working with Belize police, the U.S. Embassy and Raggamuffin Tours[/caption]

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Police say tour passengers claim MacKenzie was drunk Friday night[/caption]

She added MacKenzie loves the beach but is “afraid to swim in the ocean.”

MacKenzie and Rote left Belize and had arrived at Rendezvous Caye January 17 as part of their trip, which was supposed to span three days and two nights.

Photos of the island show an incredibly small stretch of beach, with some palm trees, a few hut-like structures and a dock.

The island is located around 21 miles southeast of Belize City.

Romero said MacKenzie traveled to Belize in December and was supposed to stay there until May 2020.

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MacKenzie’s sister says the missing mom was scared of swimming in the ocean[/caption]

MacKenzie’s mother, Cherie MacKenzie, had pleaded on Facebook for help bringing her daughter home — and said no one’s stories about what happened were adding up.

“We have received 3 different stories about what happened that morning. None of them consistent with the others,” she wrote on Sunday.

“We are getting no where finding out where she is. It has been 48 hours now, and not only missing, but feared no longer alive.”

She said her family has been “working with the Belize Police, the American Embassy, and the tour company owner” to find out MacKenzie’s whereabouts.

The family is also working to find out who MacKenzie was on the catamaran tour with, but they “have no idea where in the world they may live.”

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Authorities are investigating MacKenzie’s disappearance[/caption]

She hopes that people will contact her with information about MacKenzie and what might have happened to her.

“They’re doing searches,” Cherie told The Daily Courier yesterday. “So far, they haven’t come up with anything. We’re afraid she somehow ended up in the ocean and is gone.”

Raggamuffin Tours told Breaking Belize News in a statement the company “is cooperating fully with law enforcement officers in their investigation into this incident.”

“Wе hаvе gіvеn thе Веlіzе Роlісе Dераrtmеnt соmрrеhеnѕіvе dеtаіlѕ оf аll раѕѕеngеrѕ аnd mеt wіth оur сrеw. Wе аrе аwаrе thаt ехtеnѕіvе іntеrvіеwѕ hаvе bееn соnduсtеd bу thе Роlісе аt Rеndеzvоuѕ Сауе аnd іn Сауе Саulkеr.”

MacKenzie’s mom said authorities told her if they couldn’t find the 43-year-old’s body by the end of Monday, they would likely call off the search.

“My whole family is beyond devastated, it just doesn’t seem real. Her 2 daughters are past being consoled. They have lost their Mother and best friend,” she wrote online.

“I want her home with us, no matter how she may be found. I want my daughter back.”

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