This past year, I've noticed increasing reports about motorcycle-riding gunmen. I was surprised to find out that... "Of the 424 crimes reported, 156 were robberies in the form of hold-ups and snatchings. A total 150 of these crimes involved shootings, including 50 murders." And this was from a report file in the middle of the year. FULL REPORT HERE.
Today, the Inquirer reported a very unusual motorcycle related crime: "Six men on board motorcycles gunned down a still unidentified man along Commonwealth Avenue, just outside the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City on Sunday. Initial investigation showed that at around 4:33 p.m. Sunday, the victim was standing on a center island on Commonwealth Avenue, just in front of the UP Asian Institute of Tourism, when the six men drove by." FULL REPORT HERE.
I also remember similar shootings reported, wherein people were just shot on the street and they weren't robbed. I'm trying to track down those reports, but from what I recall, the victims were ordinary people with ordinary jobs.
They were not politicians or people who carried a lot of money. The motorcycle gunmen, just rode up next to them, shot them, and drove away.
How strange.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Return of the Hypno Thief
And we have another report of someone who supposedly got hypnotized and surrendered her money to a pair of con artists.
Student loses P10,000 to con artists by DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines--A pair of con artists sweet-talked a nursing student into parting with her tuition money Sunday morning while she was waiting for a passenger jeepney in Pasig City, the police said.
Joyce Ann Sanchez, 17, lost P10,000 in cash and two mobile phones to a man and a woman, in what the police described as a "budol budol" (hypnotism) scam, a report in the Pasig Police Station blotter said.
read the full report at:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081102-169832/Student-loses-P10000-to-con-artists
Fellow wanna-be profiler Tania, finally sets-up a blog and weighs on this so-called criminals with hypnotic powers. Read her entry at:
http://taniaarpa.blogspot.com/2008/11/con.html
Student loses P10,000 to con artists by DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11/02/2008
MANILA, Philippines--A pair of con artists sweet-talked a nursing student into parting with her tuition money Sunday morning while she was waiting for a passenger jeepney in Pasig City, the police said.
Joyce Ann Sanchez, 17, lost P10,000 in cash and two mobile phones to a man and a woman, in what the police described as a "budol budol" (hypnotism) scam, a report in the Pasig Police Station blotter said.
read the full report at:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20081102-169832/Student-loses-P10000-to-con-artists
Fellow wanna-be profiler Tania, finally sets-up a blog and weighs on this so-called criminals with hypnotic powers. Read her entry at:
http://taniaarpa.blogspot.com/2008/11/con.html
Friday, October 31, 2008
most violent 24-hour in QC
8 persons killed, cop shot on ‘Good Friday’ in Quezon City
By Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/22/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- As Filipino Catholics marked the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, eight persons, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed while a policeman was shot and wounded in six separate incidents during what police said could be the most violent 24-hour period in Quezon City.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080322-125856/8-persons-killed-cop-shot-on-Good-Friday-in-Quezon-City
By Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/22/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- As Filipino Catholics marked the passion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, eight persons, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed while a policeman was shot and wounded in six separate incidents during what police said could be the most violent 24-hour period in Quezon City.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080322-125856/8-persons-killed-cop-shot-on-Good-Friday-in-Quezon-City
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Psychic helping police solve murder
Psychic helping police solve murder of lawyer, son
By Jocelyn Uy, Inquirer, December 14, 2006
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=38359
POLICE are seeking the help even of psychics as they continue to face a blank wall in the investigation of the murder of Assistant Solicitor General Nestor Ballocillo and his 23-year-old son Benedict.
“We are doing our best to solve the case. We have also sought the assistance of psychics in solving the mystery,” Southern Police District director Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales told reporters Thursday.
The Ballocillos were on their way to Nestor’s office in Makati City last December 6 when two armed men shot them at close range.
The Parañaque police and the National Bureau of Investigation said earlier the killing could be work-related.
At a press conference Thursday, Rosales said a colleague from Camp Crame had introduced him to a psychic, whose name was withheld for security purposes.
The psychic volunteered to help solve the case, asking the police director for basic details.
“I was asked to give the name and birthdays of the victims,” Rosales said.
He accepted the offer after having seen on television how the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States was assisted by psychics and clairvoyants in crime detection and investigation, he added.
Foreign intelligence and police agencies have started to tap people with psychic capabilities for help in resolving puzzling crimes.
Rosales said the psychic had already provided names that could help identify the gunman and his location.
He said the information would be compared to results of the investigation conducted so far through conventional means.
“The psychic’s findings would just help provide the leads. We will still rely on the scientific findings. But it would be helpful if the psychic’s information corroborate our investigation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Parañaque City police chief Superintendent Ronald Estilles said they were working double time to capture the killers.
Estilles told the Inquirer Thursday that five witnesses were ready to identify the suspects.
By Jocelyn Uy, Inquirer, December 14, 2006
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metroregions/view_article.php?article_id=38359
POLICE are seeking the help even of psychics as they continue to face a blank wall in the investigation of the murder of Assistant Solicitor General Nestor Ballocillo and his 23-year-old son Benedict.
“We are doing our best to solve the case. We have also sought the assistance of psychics in solving the mystery,” Southern Police District director Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales told reporters Thursday.
The Ballocillos were on their way to Nestor’s office in Makati City last December 6 when two armed men shot them at close range.
The Parañaque police and the National Bureau of Investigation said earlier the killing could be work-related.
At a press conference Thursday, Rosales said a colleague from Camp Crame had introduced him to a psychic, whose name was withheld for security purposes.
The psychic volunteered to help solve the case, asking the police director for basic details.
“I was asked to give the name and birthdays of the victims,” Rosales said.
He accepted the offer after having seen on television how the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States was assisted by psychics and clairvoyants in crime detection and investigation, he added.
Foreign intelligence and police agencies have started to tap people with psychic capabilities for help in resolving puzzling crimes.
Rosales said the psychic had already provided names that could help identify the gunman and his location.
He said the information would be compared to results of the investigation conducted so far through conventional means.
“The psychic’s findings would just help provide the leads. We will still rely on the scientific findings. But it would be helpful if the psychic’s information corroborate our investigation,” he said.
Meanwhile, Parañaque City police chief Superintendent Ronald Estilles said they were working double time to capture the killers.
Estilles told the Inquirer Thursday that five witnesses were ready to identify the suspects.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Paranormal Expert Jaime Licauco writes about the Hypno Thief
“The use of hypnosis to commit crimes is not really new in the Philippines. We've long heard many stories of store cashiers voluntarily handing over the cash in the register to a stranger, usually described as Indian-looking, after being hypnotized into doing so. When the stranger leaves the store with the cash, the cashier awakens from her trance wondering what had happened to her.”
You can read his two articles about it at:
1
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081006-164928/Criminals-now-use-hypnosis-to-rob-people
2
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081020-167502/Criminals-who-use-hypnosis
Evil spirits or evil spores?
Last August, the Inquirer reported about 25 high school students in Mindoro were supposedly possessed by “evil spirits”.
Two days after the initial report, 5 more students were said to have been possessed.
It was written that: “The victims, mostly girls, pointed to evil spirits apparently angered by the cutting of a 30- to 40-year-old tree at the school backyard.”
The high school principal did point out that the tree was cut down three or four years ago.
It is interesting to note that the principal also said: “In past years, there were one or two cases of "seizure" reported but in the last week of July as many as 25 students were reported having "seizures," Tungol said.
So, is there a connection between the old tree that was cut down and the seizures/possession that the students experienced?
When did the first “possession” occur?
Did it happen soon after the tree was cut down?
Is it possible that the seizures are caused by something biological from the tree? Or maybe it has nothing to do with the tree and it was caused by something that the students have been drinking or eating or inhaling that is found in the surroundings of the school?
In a report uploaded on September 9, it mentioned that the Department of Education sent a team composed of a psychiatrist, a psychologist and a medical officer. The team conducted psychosocial intervention sessions or PSIs of faculty members and the supposedly possessed students on August 27, 2008.
The team reported that before the students experienced the so-called “initial attacks,” most of them had family-related problems, such as parents separating and deaths in the family.
Also mentioned:
“A mass was said by a Catholic priest at the request of terrified students and parents.
…local healers offered two black pigs in a bid to appease the angered spirits.”
It is always fascinating how, as much as we are a Catholic country, we still hold on to old beliefs.
You can read the full report at:
1
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080820-155831/Evil-spirits-possess-25-high-school-students-in-Mindoro
2
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080822-156235/Evil-spirits-attack-5-more-students-in-Calapan-City
3
http://blogs.inquirer.net/insidescience/2008/09/03/calapan-incident-not-spirit-possession-but-%E2%80%98mass-hysteria%E2%80%99-deped/#more-187
4
http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2008/09/10/OPED20080910134758.html
Two days after the initial report, 5 more students were said to have been possessed.
It was written that: “The victims, mostly girls, pointed to evil spirits apparently angered by the cutting of a 30- to 40-year-old tree at the school backyard.”
The high school principal did point out that the tree was cut down three or four years ago.
It is interesting to note that the principal also said: “In past years, there were one or two cases of "seizure" reported but in the last week of July as many as 25 students were reported having "seizures," Tungol said.
So, is there a connection between the old tree that was cut down and the seizures/possession that the students experienced?
When did the first “possession” occur?
Did it happen soon after the tree was cut down?
Is it possible that the seizures are caused by something biological from the tree? Or maybe it has nothing to do with the tree and it was caused by something that the students have been drinking or eating or inhaling that is found in the surroundings of the school?
In a report uploaded on September 9, it mentioned that the Department of Education sent a team composed of a psychiatrist, a psychologist and a medical officer. The team conducted psychosocial intervention sessions or PSIs of faculty members and the supposedly possessed students on August 27, 2008.
The team reported that before the students experienced the so-called “initial attacks,” most of them had family-related problems, such as parents separating and deaths in the family.
Also mentioned:
“A mass was said by a Catholic priest at the request of terrified students and parents.
…local healers offered two black pigs in a bid to appease the angered spirits.”
It is always fascinating how, as much as we are a Catholic country, we still hold on to old beliefs.
You can read the full report at:
1
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080820-155831/Evil-spirits-possess-25-high-school-students-in-Mindoro
2
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080822-156235/Evil-spirits-attack-5-more-students-in-Calapan-City
3
http://blogs.inquirer.net/insidescience/2008/09/03/calapan-incident-not-spirit-possession-but-%E2%80%98mass-hysteria%E2%80%99-deped/#more-187
4
http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2008/09/10/OPED20080910134758.html
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The DIOS AMAHAN cult
Kids rescued from ‘cult’
By Rene F. Alima, Cebu Daily News, 03/26/2008
CEBU CITY, Philippines - They holed up inside a mountain cottage for five days in Carmen town, starting Holy Thursday to wait for the “end of the world.”
Members of the Dios Amahan cult, who brought their children along to await the “final judgment,” had to be pulled out of the house by policemen on Tuesday, ending almost a day of negotiation.
At least 24 persons, 10 of them children, were rescued.
A worried father, accompanied by policemen, came to rescue his children, especially his one-year-old son, after his wife, the leader of the cult, refused to release them.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=126524
By Rene F. Alima, Cebu Daily News, 03/26/2008
CEBU CITY, Philippines - They holed up inside a mountain cottage for five days in Carmen town, starting Holy Thursday to wait for the “end of the world.”
Members of the Dios Amahan cult, who brought their children along to await the “final judgment,” had to be pulled out of the house by policemen on Tuesday, ending almost a day of negotiation.
At least 24 persons, 10 of them children, were rescued.
A worried father, accompanied by policemen, came to rescue his children, especially his one-year-old son, after his wife, the leader of the cult, refused to release them.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view_article.php?article_id=126524
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Suicide Squad
On April 25, 2008, the Inquirer posted a report about the suicide of an army colonel.
The body of a bemedalled colonel has been found in the Army headquarters with a gunshot wound in the head, and police investigators are talking suicide.
According to a report received by the Army at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Col. Roberto Caldeo, 48, was found lifeless in his quarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres said.
A follow-up report revealed that Col. Caldeo was the third veteran of the 2000 Basilan clash to commit suicide.
Aside from Colonel Roberto Caldeo, a sergeant and a lieutenant of the elite unit allegedly also took their own lives years after the three-day assault on Puno (Mt.) Mohaji in Isabela City in late April 2000, according to a Scout Ranger junior officer who was part of the operation.
Caldeo commanded the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion, which was tasked to assault Puno Mohaji to rescue dozens of teachers, students, and a Catholic priest held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf.
Another junior officer in the Rangers who was stationed in Basilan at the time, said the three soldiers could have been driven to suicide because of depression over the assault, in which six soldiers were killed and 50 wounded. More than 20 Abu Sayyaf fighters were also killed.
THE SUICIDE NOTE
Written on a legal sized bond paper were Caldeo's last words: “Patawarin niyo ako sa lahat ng pasakit at kahihiyan na dinulot ko sa inyo. Hirap na hirap na ang kalooban ko at ito na lang ang tanging paraan para matapos ang paghihirap ko. Mahal ko kayong lahat. Paalam. Robert. [Forgive me for all the pain and shame I may have caused you. The pain within me is unbearable and this is the only way I can end my suffering. I love you all. Farewell. Robert]. ”
Investigators explained that a suicide is usually caused by extreme loneliness anchored on unresolved personal problems.
THE BALLISTICS REPORT
A ballistics test showed the spent .45 caliber shell recovered from the scene was fired from the pistol of the same caliber found near Caldeo’s body.
Although tests showed both Caldeo's hands were found negative for gunpowder nitrates or residue, “I don't think it would affect our findings that it was a suicide,” Corpus added.
Curious.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORTS AT:
1
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080425-132587/Army-colonel-found-dead-with-gunshot-wound-in-head
2
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080425-132703/Comrades-Caldeo-3rd-vet-of-2000-Basilan-clash-in-suicide
The body of a bemedalled colonel has been found in the Army headquarters with a gunshot wound in the head, and police investigators are talking suicide.
According to a report received by the Army at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Col. Roberto Caldeo, 48, was found lifeless in his quarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres said.
A follow-up report revealed that Col. Caldeo was the third veteran of the 2000 Basilan clash to commit suicide.
Aside from Colonel Roberto Caldeo, a sergeant and a lieutenant of the elite unit allegedly also took their own lives years after the three-day assault on Puno (Mt.) Mohaji in Isabela City in late April 2000, according to a Scout Ranger junior officer who was part of the operation.
Caldeo commanded the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion, which was tasked to assault Puno Mohaji to rescue dozens of teachers, students, and a Catholic priest held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf.
Another junior officer in the Rangers who was stationed in Basilan at the time, said the three soldiers could have been driven to suicide because of depression over the assault, in which six soldiers were killed and 50 wounded. More than 20 Abu Sayyaf fighters were also killed.
THE SUICIDE NOTE
Written on a legal sized bond paper were Caldeo's last words: “Patawarin niyo ako sa lahat ng pasakit at kahihiyan na dinulot ko sa inyo. Hirap na hirap na ang kalooban ko at ito na lang ang tanging paraan para matapos ang paghihirap ko. Mahal ko kayong lahat. Paalam. Robert. [Forgive me for all the pain and shame I may have caused you. The pain within me is unbearable and this is the only way I can end my suffering. I love you all. Farewell. Robert]. ”
Investigators explained that a suicide is usually caused by extreme loneliness anchored on unresolved personal problems.
THE BALLISTICS REPORT
A ballistics test showed the spent .45 caliber shell recovered from the scene was fired from the pistol of the same caliber found near Caldeo’s body.
Although tests showed both Caldeo's hands were found negative for gunpowder nitrates or residue, “I don't think it would affect our findings that it was a suicide,” Corpus added.
Curious.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORTS AT:
1
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080425-132587/Army-colonel-found-dead-with-gunshot-wound-in-head
2
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080425-132703/Comrades-Caldeo-3rd-vet-of-2000-Basilan-clash-in-suicide
Friday, October 17, 2008
Hypno Thief Strikes Again
‘Hypnotized’ cook gives up P.2M to thief
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10/16/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081016-166614/Hypnotized-cook-gives-up-P2M-to-thief
MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese national lost over P200,000 in cash to a woman who might have hypnotized him into giving up his money.
Chen Xiao Xiong, a cook at My Home Daily Restaurant on Kalaw Street, Ermita, and resident of Nakpil Street, Malate, Wednesday went to the Manila Police District-General Assignment Section to report the incident.
Police are now looking for the suspect, described as “a Chinese-looking” woman, sporting short hair, 45-50 years old and 5’2”-5’3” tall.
The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. along Ongpin Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila. The victim said he was on his way to Arranque Market when he met the suspect who spoke to him in Mandarin.
The suspect offered to sell him a gold necklace, saying she needed the money for fare back to China. The victim claimed he felt weak after the suspect tapped him on the shoulder. Later, he felt he had to turn over P200,000 in cash and his wallet containing P35,000 to the suspect.
After taking the money, the suspect immediately left.
"The victim claimed he felt weak after the suspect tapped him on the shoulder."
Is it possible that the unsub drugged the victim and that's what made him obey her orders?
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10/16/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081016-166614/Hypnotized-cook-gives-up-P2M-to-thief
MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese national lost over P200,000 in cash to a woman who might have hypnotized him into giving up his money.
Chen Xiao Xiong, a cook at My Home Daily Restaurant on Kalaw Street, Ermita, and resident of Nakpil Street, Malate, Wednesday went to the Manila Police District-General Assignment Section to report the incident.
Police are now looking for the suspect, described as “a Chinese-looking” woman, sporting short hair, 45-50 years old and 5’2”-5’3” tall.
The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. along Ongpin Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila. The victim said he was on his way to Arranque Market when he met the suspect who spoke to him in Mandarin.
The suspect offered to sell him a gold necklace, saying she needed the money for fare back to China. The victim claimed he felt weak after the suspect tapped him on the shoulder. Later, he felt he had to turn over P200,000 in cash and his wallet containing P35,000 to the suspect.
After taking the money, the suspect immediately left.
"The victim claimed he felt weak after the suspect tapped him on the shoulder."
Is it possible that the unsub drugged the victim and that's what made him obey her orders?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Strange Offerings
"Fetus found at Manila Cathedral"
I first saw this report on Inquirer's Twitter page yesterday.
I read a more detailed report in the paper today (October 16)
A fetus was found at the door of the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila, Wednesday morning. The fetus, believed to be about 2 to 3 months old, had been placed in a pot of roses and was found by the cathedral’s janitor and security guard. The two said they were about to move the flowers to the altar when they noticed a foul smell coming from the pot. Msgr. Nestor Cerbo, the rector, said it was the first time that a fetus was found within the church premises. (Tina G. Santos)
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081016-166615/MetroBriefs
Reading that report, reminded of a similar incident that was in the Inquirer last July 8.
Church offering included fetus By Kristine L. Alave
MANILA, Philippines – A priest in a church in Manila was shocked to find a fetus inside a jar hidden in a basket of fruits offered during the Sunday morning Mass.
Monsignor Gerry Santos, president of the Manila Archdiocesan Parochial School Association, said he was unaware that the basket brought to the altar contained a ghastly gift.
In an interview with Radio Veritas, Santos said the basket was offered during the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo.
The priest said he was shocked to discover that the basket of fruit he brought home contained a small jar with a fetus inside.
“It looked like a four-month old fetus. It had hands and feet. There was a rosary inside the bottle, too,” he said.
The small jar, he said, was buried under various fruit offerings.
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080708-147072/Church-offering-included-fetus
Could these two incidents possibly be linked?
Strange how both fetus were hidden in offerings for the church.
The unsub left the fetus at the church because he/she felt guilty, because the unsub was hoping to save the soul of the unborn/aborted child?
On somewhat related news, this was reported early in the year:
6-month-old fetus found in Malacañang toilet (January 17)
MANILA, Philippines – A 6-month-old fetus was found yesterday in one of the toilets in the four-story National Executive Building (NEB) in Malacañang.
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080117-113125/6-month-old-fetus-found-in-Malacaang-toilet
And here's something that was reported four years ago:
FETUS FOUND INSIDE CUBAO CHURCH
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht004574.htm
CUBAO, QUEZON CITY, August 3, 2004 (STAR) By Katherine Adraneda - It was an quiet Monday morning at the parish of running priest Fr. Robert Reyes in Cubao, Quezon City until some 20 parishioners started gathering around a paper bag abandoned near the altar. Inside was a six-month-old male fetus, apparently left behind just a few minutes before the start of the Mass at the Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish.
I first saw this report on Inquirer's Twitter page yesterday.
I read a more detailed report in the paper today (October 16)
A fetus was found at the door of the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila, Wednesday morning. The fetus, believed to be about 2 to 3 months old, had been placed in a pot of roses and was found by the cathedral’s janitor and security guard. The two said they were about to move the flowers to the altar when they noticed a foul smell coming from the pot. Msgr. Nestor Cerbo, the rector, said it was the first time that a fetus was found within the church premises. (Tina G. Santos)
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20081016-166615/MetroBriefs
Reading that report, reminded of a similar incident that was in the Inquirer last July 8.
Church offering included fetus By Kristine L. Alave
MANILA, Philippines – A priest in a church in Manila was shocked to find a fetus inside a jar hidden in a basket of fruits offered during the Sunday morning Mass.
Monsignor Gerry Santos, president of the Manila Archdiocesan Parochial School Association, said he was unaware that the basket brought to the altar contained a ghastly gift.
In an interview with Radio Veritas, Santos said the basket was offered during the 9 a.m. Sunday Mass at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo.
The priest said he was shocked to discover that the basket of fruit he brought home contained a small jar with a fetus inside.
“It looked like a four-month old fetus. It had hands and feet. There was a rosary inside the bottle, too,” he said.
The small jar, he said, was buried under various fruit offerings.
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080708-147072/Church-offering-included-fetus
Could these two incidents possibly be linked?
Strange how both fetus were hidden in offerings for the church.
The unsub left the fetus at the church because he/she felt guilty, because the unsub was hoping to save the soul of the unborn/aborted child?
On somewhat related news, this was reported early in the year:
6-month-old fetus found in Malacañang toilet (January 17)
MANILA, Philippines – A 6-month-old fetus was found yesterday in one of the toilets in the four-story National Executive Building (NEB) in Malacañang.
LINK: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080117-113125/6-month-old-fetus-found-in-Malacaang-toilet
And here's something that was reported four years ago:
FETUS FOUND INSIDE CUBAO CHURCH
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht004574.htm
CUBAO, QUEZON CITY, August 3, 2004 (STAR) By Katherine Adraneda - It was an quiet Monday morning at the parish of running priest Fr. Robert Reyes in Cubao, Quezon City until some 20 parishioners started gathering around a paper bag abandoned near the altar. Inside was a six-month-old male fetus, apparently left behind just a few minutes before the start of the Mass at the Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
FHM model killed in ’Gapo with 3 others
FHM model killed in ’Gapo with 3 others
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/14/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=124609
Four persons, including a model of the men’s magazine FHM, were found dead early yesterday in an Olongapo City apartment that appeared to have been set on fire.
…each of the four victims was found with a bullet wound in the head, and two of them had burning pillows and paper also beside their heads. The latter two were identified as George Vitug Castor Jr., 27, and Von Mark Bandejas, 22.
Judging from the bullet casings recovered at the scene, the killers used 9mm and .45-cal. guns, said Senior Supt. Abelardo Villacorta, the Olongapo police chief.
Villacorta said the bodies of Castor and Bandejas, with hands bound, were found on the living room floor.
The bodies of Castor’s reported live-in partner, Scarlet Garcia, 23, and of Rachel Estacio, 20, were found in the bathroom.
Garcia was an FHM model popularly known as Scarlet Bouffard. She was one of the girls featured in its November 2007 issue.
The hair of Castor and Bandejas had been burned, Villacorta said.
He said a punctured canister of butane, a fuel for lighters, was also found on the floor of the apartment located on the second story of a three-story building.
According to witnesses, the fire started at 3:25 a.m. at Apartment No. 52-B and spread to two more units on the third floor.
Responding firemen and policemen arrived at the scene an hour later.
Witnesses said Castor, Garcia, Bandejas and Estacio had been renting the apartment for over a month.
They were seen and heard drinking and singing in their unit a few hours before the fire broke out.
Villacorta said investigators gathered from a witness that at about 2 a.m., a man was seen transferring items from a Toyota Vios to a blue car parked in front of the victims’ apartment.
The Vios, reportedly owned by Castor, has been taken to the police’s crime laboratory services, also in Olongapo. Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
Neighbors try to overcome trauma from murder of FHM model
By Robert Gonzaga, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 04/24/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080424-132480/Neighbors-try-to-overcome-trauma-from-murder-of-FHM-model
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines -- Forty days after the March 13 murder of FHM magazine model Scarlet Garcia and three others, a mass was held at the townhouse where their bodies were found, to "cast away bad spirits."
Afterwards, fireworks went off to drive away "bad spirits" that might haunt what became known as "Scarlet Garcia's townhouse" at Gordon Heights here, owner Luis Ramirez said.
The police arrested two suspects, Ferdinand Carderas and Jay-Ar Perez Mojica, on April 4, in the City of San Fernando where they were also linked to the break-in at the houses of Pampanga board member Raul Macalino and his neighbor and the rape of a 17-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman in one of the houses.
Murder of FHM model, 3 friends ‘solved,’ says PNP
By Ansbert Joaquin, Tonette Orejas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 04/14/2008
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=130332
Chief Superintendent Errol Pan announced the solution of the case after the Olongapo City police on Monday filed a case for murder with arson against two suspects, who were arrested in related incidents of robbery and rape in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga on April 4.
The two suspects were identified by the Pampanga police as Ferdinand Cadenas and JR Mojico. The Olongapo police, however, identified them as Ferdinand Carderas and Jay-Ar Perez Mojica.
They were implicated in the Olongapo murders after the results of ballistic tests done by the PNP crime laboratory in Camp Crame showed that a bullet and a cartridge used in Olongapo were fired from a gun recovered in the San Fernando cases, Superintendent Daisy Babor, chief of the PNP regional crime laboratory, told reporters on Monday.
The specimens which were subjected to cross-matching were a "9 mm slightly deformed jacketed fired bullet marked MAA-4-08" and a "9 X 29 mm fired cartridge case marked MAA-1-08 to MAA-5-08" found at the crime scene in Garcia's apartment and a "9mm Parabellum V. Bernadelli SRA model P018S pistol with serial number 303240 marked RCS4," said Chief Insp. Ronald Yusi, forensic firearms examiner.
Microscopic examination and comparison of the bullet and cartridge "revealed the same individual characteristics with the test bullets and cartridge cases fired from the 9mm Parabellum," said a part of the two-page report by Superintendent Reynaldo de Guzman, forensic firearms examiner and chief of the PNP national firearms identification division.
Senior Superintendent Liza Sabong, chief of the PNP directorial staff, noted De Guzman's report.
"The specimens really matched," Pan said.
Senior Superintendent Keith Singian, Pampanga police director, said the Parabellum gun was recovered from Cadenas during the arrest. Mojico, who initially identified himself as John Ariel Santos, held a .45 cal. gun.
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/14/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=124609
Four persons, including a model of the men’s magazine FHM, were found dead early yesterday in an Olongapo City apartment that appeared to have been set on fire.
…each of the four victims was found with a bullet wound in the head, and two of them had burning pillows and paper also beside their heads. The latter two were identified as George Vitug Castor Jr., 27, and Von Mark Bandejas, 22.
Judging from the bullet casings recovered at the scene, the killers used 9mm and .45-cal. guns, said Senior Supt. Abelardo Villacorta, the Olongapo police chief.
Villacorta said the bodies of Castor and Bandejas, with hands bound, were found on the living room floor.
The bodies of Castor’s reported live-in partner, Scarlet Garcia, 23, and of Rachel Estacio, 20, were found in the bathroom.
Garcia was an FHM model popularly known as Scarlet Bouffard. She was one of the girls featured in its November 2007 issue.
The hair of Castor and Bandejas had been burned, Villacorta said.
He said a punctured canister of butane, a fuel for lighters, was also found on the floor of the apartment located on the second story of a three-story building.
According to witnesses, the fire started at 3:25 a.m. at Apartment No. 52-B and spread to two more units on the third floor.
Responding firemen and policemen arrived at the scene an hour later.
Witnesses said Castor, Garcia, Bandejas and Estacio had been renting the apartment for over a month.
They were seen and heard drinking and singing in their unit a few hours before the fire broke out.
Villacorta said investigators gathered from a witness that at about 2 a.m., a man was seen transferring items from a Toyota Vios to a blue car parked in front of the victims’ apartment.
The Vios, reportedly owned by Castor, has been taken to the police’s crime laboratory services, also in Olongapo. Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
Neighbors try to overcome trauma from murder of FHM model
By Robert Gonzaga, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 04/24/2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080424-132480/Neighbors-try-to-overcome-trauma-from-murder-of-FHM-model
OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines -- Forty days after the March 13 murder of FHM magazine model Scarlet Garcia and three others, a mass was held at the townhouse where their bodies were found, to "cast away bad spirits."
Afterwards, fireworks went off to drive away "bad spirits" that might haunt what became known as "Scarlet Garcia's townhouse" at Gordon Heights here, owner Luis Ramirez said.
The police arrested two suspects, Ferdinand Carderas and Jay-Ar Perez Mojica, on April 4, in the City of San Fernando where they were also linked to the break-in at the houses of Pampanga board member Raul Macalino and his neighbor and the rape of a 17-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman in one of the houses.
Murder of FHM model, 3 friends ‘solved,’ says PNP
By Ansbert Joaquin, Tonette Orejas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 04/14/2008
http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=130332
Chief Superintendent Errol Pan announced the solution of the case after the Olongapo City police on Monday filed a case for murder with arson against two suspects, who were arrested in related incidents of robbery and rape in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga on April 4.
The two suspects were identified by the Pampanga police as Ferdinand Cadenas and JR Mojico. The Olongapo police, however, identified them as Ferdinand Carderas and Jay-Ar Perez Mojica.
They were implicated in the Olongapo murders after the results of ballistic tests done by the PNP crime laboratory in Camp Crame showed that a bullet and a cartridge used in Olongapo were fired from a gun recovered in the San Fernando cases, Superintendent Daisy Babor, chief of the PNP regional crime laboratory, told reporters on Monday.
The specimens which were subjected to cross-matching were a "9 mm slightly deformed jacketed fired bullet marked MAA-4-08" and a "9 X 29 mm fired cartridge case marked MAA-1-08 to MAA-5-08" found at the crime scene in Garcia's apartment and a "9mm Parabellum V. Bernadelli SRA model P018S pistol with serial number 303240 marked RCS4," said Chief Insp. Ronald Yusi, forensic firearms examiner.
Microscopic examination and comparison of the bullet and cartridge "revealed the same individual characteristics with the test bullets and cartridge cases fired from the 9mm Parabellum," said a part of the two-page report by Superintendent Reynaldo de Guzman, forensic firearms examiner and chief of the PNP national firearms identification division.
Senior Superintendent Liza Sabong, chief of the PNP directorial staff, noted De Guzman's report.
"The specimens really matched," Pan said.
Senior Superintendent Keith Singian, Pampanga police director, said the Parabellum gun was recovered from Cadenas during the arrest. Mojico, who initially identified himself as John Ariel Santos, held a .45 cal. gun.
Monday, October 13, 2008
2 severed heads, dead baby found in QC villages
2 severed heads, dead baby found in QC villages
By Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Two villages in Quezon City were jolted Thursday morning with the discovery of two human heads and a mutilated dead baby.
Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, chief of Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU), said the two heads were found by scavengers floating along a creek in Sitio (sub-village) West Riverside, Barangay (village) San Antonio at around 9:30 a.m.
Quoting witnesses, Mabanag said the heads were already bloated and in the early stages of decomposition.
He said they believe the heads belonged to members of a drug syndicate who may have been killed by their gangmates.
At about the same time, the body of a baby boy was discovered at a tricycle terminal on H. Francisco Street corner Morato Road, Barangay Damayan.
Driver Hermilando Balalad Jr. said he found a plastic bag inside a tricycle as he was parking his vehicle at the terminal.
Curious about its contents, he said he opened the bag and was shocked to see the dead baby estimated to be about seven months old.
Balalad said the baby had a long open wound on his chest.
“It was likely that the baby boy’s chest was cut open. But we’re not sure if his internal organs were gone,” said village chairman Gualberto Casaje.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=126747
By Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03/27/2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Two villages in Quezon City were jolted Thursday morning with the discovery of two human heads and a mutilated dead baby.
Superintendent Franklin Moises Mabanag, chief of Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU), said the two heads were found by scavengers floating along a creek in Sitio (sub-village) West Riverside, Barangay (village) San Antonio at around 9:30 a.m.
Quoting witnesses, Mabanag said the heads were already bloated and in the early stages of decomposition.
He said they believe the heads belonged to members of a drug syndicate who may have been killed by their gangmates.
At about the same time, the body of a baby boy was discovered at a tricycle terminal on H. Francisco Street corner Morato Road, Barangay Damayan.
Driver Hermilando Balalad Jr. said he found a plastic bag inside a tricycle as he was parking his vehicle at the terminal.
Curious about its contents, he said he opened the bag and was shocked to see the dead baby estimated to be about seven months old.
Balalad said the baby had a long open wound on his chest.
“It was likely that the baby boy’s chest was cut open. But we’re not sure if his internal organs were gone,” said village chairman Gualberto Casaje.
READ THE FULL REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=126747
Friday, September 26, 2008
Hypno Thief
Got this link from Andre, which made me think of The Ringmaster, the Spider-Man villain who wore a top hat with a spiral disc that he used to hypnotize people. Also remember other super-villains like Mesmero and the Purple Man.
Then there was that man I met in KL and it's just all too embarrassing to tell how I got conned into giving him several hundred ringgit. (My mom thinks I was hypnotized. I think I was just too scared and too stupid to do anything else.)
Anyway, here's the report about...
Hypnotism used in thefts
By Alcuin Papa, Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080925-162884/Hypnotism-used-in-thefts
Criminals are now more creative in preying on their victims by employing new techniques which include, believe it or not, hypnotism, an anti-crime group has warned.
In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tessie Ang See of the Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO), warned the public on Thursday, particularly Chinese Filipino families, to be more vigilant, aware and informed of the new modus operandi used by criminal groups.
“Criminals are now more creative in perpetrating their dastardly acts, more so since these are difficult times. Chinoy (Chinese Filipino) families are especially vulnerable,” she said.
One of the newer and more unusual methods is the use of hypnotism, according to Ang See.
She explained that they received stories from three victims allegedly hypnotized into giving up their cash and valuables. According to Ang See, three women speaking in Mandarin roam the streets of Binondo and swoop down on unsuspecting Chinese females walking alone.
“Through some form of hypnotic suggestion, the victims follow the commands of the women,” Ang See said.
One victim was hypnotized into going back to her residence in Quezon City to retrieve her cash and valuables and return to Binondo to turn them over to the hypnotizers. Another victim even went to her bank to open her safe deposit boxes.
Another victim, Ang See said, felt weak after the perpetrators tapped her on the shoulder. She went home, took her valuables from her cabinet and turned them over to the thieves. She then fell asleep and awoke refreshed and puzzled as to how she agreed to give the thieves her valuables.
Ang See said they requested the victims to provide a sketch of the perpetrators to warn other potential victims and help police arrest suspects.
Then there was that man I met in KL and it's just all too embarrassing to tell how I got conned into giving him several hundred ringgit. (My mom thinks I was hypnotized. I think I was just too scared and too stupid to do anything else.)
Anyway, here's the report about...
Hypnotism used in thefts
By Alcuin Papa, Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080925-162884/Hypnotism-used-in-thefts
Criminals are now more creative in preying on their victims by employing new techniques which include, believe it or not, hypnotism, an anti-crime group has warned.
In an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tessie Ang See of the Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO), warned the public on Thursday, particularly Chinese Filipino families, to be more vigilant, aware and informed of the new modus operandi used by criminal groups.
“Criminals are now more creative in perpetrating their dastardly acts, more so since these are difficult times. Chinoy (Chinese Filipino) families are especially vulnerable,” she said.
One of the newer and more unusual methods is the use of hypnotism, according to Ang See.
She explained that they received stories from three victims allegedly hypnotized into giving up their cash and valuables. According to Ang See, three women speaking in Mandarin roam the streets of Binondo and swoop down on unsuspecting Chinese females walking alone.
“Through some form of hypnotic suggestion, the victims follow the commands of the women,” Ang See said.
One victim was hypnotized into going back to her residence in Quezon City to retrieve her cash and valuables and return to Binondo to turn them over to the hypnotizers. Another victim even went to her bank to open her safe deposit boxes.
Another victim, Ang See said, felt weak after the perpetrators tapped her on the shoulder. She went home, took her valuables from her cabinet and turned them over to the thieves. She then fell asleep and awoke refreshed and puzzled as to how she agreed to give the thieves her valuables.
Ang See said they requested the victims to provide a sketch of the perpetrators to warn other potential victims and help police arrest suspects.
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Firestarter
Here’s another case that I noticed in the Inquirer last year, mainly because the circumstances reminded me of one of stories in TRESE.
The two women were found burned in two separate motels. They were found two days apart.
The first woman was around 60 to 65 years old. She was found in Sweet Hotel at the corner of Rizal Avenue and C.M. Recto Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila in Room 320. The staff noticed thick smoke coming out of the room around 2am, which prompted them to open the door. In the room police found pink shorts, a yellow shirt with the name “Norma” on it, and a pair of beige shoes which could’ve belonged to the victim.
The second woman was around 30 to 35 years old. She found in Happy Inn Motel on Palma and Paterno Streets, Quiapo in Room 207. She was found naked on the bed, wrapped in a blanket. The body was found at 5:25pm. In the room, police found denim jeans, a pink belt, a pink T-shirt, yellow blouse, shoulder bag and rubber shoes that could have belonged to the victim.
In the autopsy, smoke was found in the lungs of both victims, indicating that they were burned alive.
Chief Insp. Dominador Arevalo, head of the Manila Police District homicide division, said the inability to identify both victims and the suspect made further investigation difficult. In a report posted on Feburary 29, 2007, the bodies were brought to Popular Funeral Homes and were not yet claimed.
The homicide chief said the crimes could have been done by the same person who was described as around 30-35-years old, male, about 5’6” in height. He reportedly stayed overnight in the motels with the victims. The artist’s sketches of the man in both incidents were similar, Arevalo said. In the case of the second victim, the room was registered in the name of Marvin Cachola.
So, were both crimes committed by the same unsub?
In both crimes, the witnesses saw the victims enter the motel with the unsub, which meant the victims knew the unsub. They trusted him enough to go with him into the room.
Was the first crime his “dress rehearsal”? Maybe the unsub chose an older victim, which he could easily subdue and the second victim was he intended target.
No other incidents were reported after those two victims.
Although, it is interesting to note that in the past year, there have been a lot of fires throughout the city. Is it possible that those fires were started by the same unsub and that there were victims that weren’t discovered because the fire burned up the whole building?
Below are links to the reports:
1
Badly burned body of woman found in hotel room
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080223-120654/Badly-burned-body-of-woman-found-in-hotel-room
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/23/2008
2
Another woman burned in motel
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080224-120937/Another-woman-burned-in-motel
By Allison Lopez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/24/2008
3
Woman in motel fire burned alive
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080225-120979/Woman-in-motel-fire-burned-alive
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/25/2008
4
Woman’s burned body found in motel
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080226-121192/Womans-burned-body-found-in-motel
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/26/2008
5
2 burned women found in motels remain unidentified
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080229-121874/2-burned-women-found-in-motels-remain-unidentified
By Allison Lopez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/29/2008
The two women were found burned in two separate motels. They were found two days apart.
The first woman was around 60 to 65 years old. She was found in Sweet Hotel at the corner of Rizal Avenue and C.M. Recto Street in Sta. Cruz, Manila in Room 320. The staff noticed thick smoke coming out of the room around 2am, which prompted them to open the door. In the room police found pink shorts, a yellow shirt with the name “Norma” on it, and a pair of beige shoes which could’ve belonged to the victim.
The second woman was around 30 to 35 years old. She found in Happy Inn Motel on Palma and Paterno Streets, Quiapo in Room 207. She was found naked on the bed, wrapped in a blanket. The body was found at 5:25pm. In the room, police found denim jeans, a pink belt, a pink T-shirt, yellow blouse, shoulder bag and rubber shoes that could have belonged to the victim.
In the autopsy, smoke was found in the lungs of both victims, indicating that they were burned alive.
Chief Insp. Dominador Arevalo, head of the Manila Police District homicide division, said the inability to identify both victims and the suspect made further investigation difficult. In a report posted on Feburary 29, 2007, the bodies were brought to Popular Funeral Homes and were not yet claimed.
The homicide chief said the crimes could have been done by the same person who was described as around 30-35-years old, male, about 5’6” in height. He reportedly stayed overnight in the motels with the victims. The artist’s sketches of the man in both incidents were similar, Arevalo said. In the case of the second victim, the room was registered in the name of Marvin Cachola.
So, were both crimes committed by the same unsub?
In both crimes, the witnesses saw the victims enter the motel with the unsub, which meant the victims knew the unsub. They trusted him enough to go with him into the room.
Was the first crime his “dress rehearsal”? Maybe the unsub chose an older victim, which he could easily subdue and the second victim was he intended target.
No other incidents were reported after those two victims.
Although, it is interesting to note that in the past year, there have been a lot of fires throughout the city. Is it possible that those fires were started by the same unsub and that there were victims that weren’t discovered because the fire burned up the whole building?
Below are links to the reports:
1
Badly burned body of woman found in hotel room
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080223-120654/Badly-burned-body-of-woman-found-in-hotel-room
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/23/2008
2
Another woman burned in motel
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080224-120937/Another-woman-burned-in-motel
By Allison Lopez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/24/2008
3
Woman in motel fire burned alive
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080225-120979/Woman-in-motel-fire-burned-alive
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/25/2008
4
Woman’s burned body found in motel
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080226-121192/Womans-burned-body-found-in-motel
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/26/2008
5
2 burned women found in motels remain unidentified
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080229-121874/2-burned-women-found-in-motels-remain-unidentified
By Allison Lopez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 02/29/2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
armed with guns and magical amulets
There are been several incidents in Philippine history when policemen or the military encountered people who armed themselves with so-called magical amulets.
So far, there have been no known reports of these people surviving when the law men opened fire.
Amulets clues to suspected robbers in Makati shootout
By DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 08/29/2008
The identities of the suspected robbers who engaged the police in a gunfight in the middle of a Makati street Thursday remained unknown but the police said Friday they had uncovered some clues about the group.
The clues included amulets they wore that were similar to those worn by the suspects who staged a P2.7 million heist along Gil Puyat Avenue in front of Caltex gas station in June, in which two of the suspects died, the police said.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080829-157614/Amulets-clues-to-suspected-robbers-in-Makati-shootout
So far, there have been no known reports of these people surviving when the law men opened fire.
Amulets clues to suspected robbers in Makati shootout
By DJ Yap, Philippine Daily Inquirer, First Posted 08/29/2008
The identities of the suspected robbers who engaged the police in a gunfight in the middle of a Makati street Thursday remained unknown but the police said Friday they had uncovered some clues about the group.
The clues included amulets they wore that were similar to those worn by the suspects who staged a P2.7 million heist along Gil Puyat Avenue in front of Caltex gas station in June, in which two of the suspects died, the police said.
READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080829-157614/Amulets-clues-to-suspected-robbers-in-Makati-shootout
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Garbage Collector
Late last year, I noticed these reports in the METRO section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
I found the details of the murders / executions curious.
Maybe it was because I was watching CRIMINAL MINDS around that time that I started to attempt to profile the unsub (unknown subject).
If the murders were "gangland" or "vigilante" executions, I found it interesting that the unsub went through the lengths of putting the victims in garbage bags and them dumped them in places where they could easily be found.
If the unsub just wanted to send out a sign to other supposed gang members, then he could've just left the bodies out in the open. Why were they placed in garbage bags? Because he thinks he's doing the city a favor? He wants to show people that he's cleaning up the city? He feels he's enforcing the law?
Well, my speculation ends there.
The complete reports can be found by clicking the links below.
Another dead body dumped in Quezon City
By Jeannette Andrade, Inquirer, First Posted 10/09/2007
http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=93457
MANILA, Philippines -- The body of another suspected victim of summary execution was discovered inside a black garbage bag before dawn Tuesday in Quezon City. The cadaver is the fifth, with a ligature mark around the neck and several stabwounds in the chest, to be found in a month in the commercial district of Cubao.
Investigators of the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) described the victim as between 25 and 30 years old, 5’7” tall, slim-built, fair-skinned, and clad in a blue t-shirt worn over denim short pants.
The body also bore several tattoos “Gerry Bonayog” on the right shoulder, a spider on the right wrist, “Michael Siopao” on the lower back portion of the body, and “Macky Ramirez” and “Sigue-Sigue Sputnik” on the upper back.
The victim was found inside a black garbage bag at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in front of house number 78 Cambridge Street, in the village of E. Rodriguez, in Cubao, by tricycle driver Leonardo Henson.
....
Records from the QCPD-CIDU revealed that from January to August this year, some thirty reports of “found dead bodies” were gathered, making up three to four bodies discovered monthly. In these incidents, neither the victims nor suspects are identified leaving the trail to solving the case cold.
Body in garbage bag dumped in QC parking lot
By Jeannette Andrade, Inquirer, First Posted 11/20/2007
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=102091
The body of another suspected victim of summary execution was found stuffed in a black garbage bag that was dumped in a parking lot early Tuesday morning in Cubao, Quezon City, police said.
The unidentified man, who police said was a member of the “Batang City Jail” gang based on a tattoo, bore a ligature mark around his neck and icepick stab wounds in the body like five previous slain gangmen who were similarly stuffed in garbage bags that were discovered in the same area.
I found the details of the murders / executions curious.
Maybe it was because I was watching CRIMINAL MINDS around that time that I started to attempt to profile the unsub (unknown subject).
If the murders were "gangland" or "vigilante" executions, I found it interesting that the unsub went through the lengths of putting the victims in garbage bags and them dumped them in places where they could easily be found.
If the unsub just wanted to send out a sign to other supposed gang members, then he could've just left the bodies out in the open. Why were they placed in garbage bags? Because he thinks he's doing the city a favor? He wants to show people that he's cleaning up the city? He feels he's enforcing the law?
Well, my speculation ends there.
The complete reports can be found by clicking the links below.
Another dead body dumped in Quezon City
By Jeannette Andrade, Inquirer, First Posted 10/09/2007
http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=93457
MANILA, Philippines -- The body of another suspected victim of summary execution was discovered inside a black garbage bag before dawn Tuesday in Quezon City. The cadaver is the fifth, with a ligature mark around the neck and several stabwounds in the chest, to be found in a month in the commercial district of Cubao.
Investigators of the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU) described the victim as between 25 and 30 years old, 5’7” tall, slim-built, fair-skinned, and clad in a blue t-shirt worn over denim short pants.
The body also bore several tattoos “Gerry Bonayog” on the right shoulder, a spider on the right wrist, “Michael Siopao” on the lower back portion of the body, and “Macky Ramirez” and “Sigue-Sigue Sputnik” on the upper back.
The victim was found inside a black garbage bag at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday in front of house number 78 Cambridge Street, in the village of E. Rodriguez, in Cubao, by tricycle driver Leonardo Henson.
....
Records from the QCPD-CIDU revealed that from January to August this year, some thirty reports of “found dead bodies” were gathered, making up three to four bodies discovered monthly. In these incidents, neither the victims nor suspects are identified leaving the trail to solving the case cold.
Body in garbage bag dumped in QC parking lot
By Jeannette Andrade, Inquirer, First Posted 11/20/2007
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view_article.php?article_id=102091
The body of another suspected victim of summary execution was found stuffed in a black garbage bag that was dumped in a parking lot early Tuesday morning in Cubao, Quezon City, police said.
The unidentified man, who police said was a member of the “Batang City Jail” gang based on a tattoo, bore a ligature mark around his neck and icepick stab wounds in the body like five previous slain gangmen who were similarly stuffed in garbage bags that were discovered in the same area.
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