Psychic helping police solve murder

Psychic helping police solve murder of lawyer, son
By Jocelyn Uy, Inquirer, December 14, 2006
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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.