Eight victims in one month

2 more ‘salvage’ victims in QC; 8 bodies just this month

By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 21st, 2012 
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/255056/2-more-salvage-victims-in-qc-8-bodies-just-this-month

The bodies of two more men believed to be summary execution victims were discovered by the side of a road in Quezon City Tuesday morning.

The find brought to eight the number of “salvage” victims found in the city so far for this month. All of them died of strangulation and none of them has been identified.

Inspector Elmer Monsalve, homicide section chief of the Quezon City Police District, said that they were still checking their records to see if any of the eight was in their files of known criminals.

According to case investigator Police Officer 2 Alvin Quisumbing, the bodies of the two men were found around 6 a.m. in front of a bakeshop near the corner of Blumentritt Extension and Sampaguita Street in La Loma district, Quezon City.

Both bore rope marks around the neck, a sign that they were strangled.

A resident reported the grisly find to barangay officials who sent two watchmen to verify the information.

One of the victims was described as between 40 and 45 years old, of medium build, with fair skin and a tattoo which read “Jhun-jhun” on his right arm. He was dressed in a black shirt and a pair of blue shorts.

The other man was about the same age, around 5’3” in height, of medium build and with fair complexion. He wore a white shirt and cargo shorts.

Police said the residents did not notice any commotion or see suspicious-looking persons at the crime scene before the bodies were found.

Quisumbing added that the area where the men were dumped was dark.

The first salvage victim for this month, a man, was found on Aug. 4, on the North Diversion Road in Barangay Unang Sigaw.

The following morning, two more men were discovered separately stuffed inside two balikbayan boxes in Barangay Masambong and Sto. Domingo. Last Friday, a man’s body was found on the East Service Road in Barangay Unang Sigaw.

The next day, the bodies of a man and a woman were also discovered in two balikbayan boxes on San Jose Street in Barangay San Antonio.

5 SALVAGE VICTIMS FOUND IN QC, MANILA
ABS-CBN, AUGUST 18, 2012
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/18/12/5-salvage-victims-found-qc-manila

Five victims of summary execution were discovered in three separate areas in Metro Manila on Saturday.

The bodies of the first two female victims were found inside two balikbayan boxes abandoned along Blumentritt in Manila. The boxes were about 100 to 200 meters away from each other.
Police said one of the victims was about 45 to 50 years old and the other one was between 50 to 55 years old.

Authorities said the unidentified victims bore signs that they were strangled to death.

Witnesses said a white L-300 van was seen in the area before the balikbayan boxes were discovered.

In Balintawak, the body of a male victim was discovered around 4 a.m. along the East Service Road of the North Luzon Expressway in Barangay Unang Sigaw.

Two hours later, two more balikbayan boxes were abandoned along Lincoln Street in Barangay San Antonio in Quezon City. The words “Budol Ako” was found written on the boxes.

The boxes contained the bodies of a male and a female described to be around 35 to 40 years old. They were also strangled.

Police believe the three incidents are connected as “budol money” was found on the unidentified victims and the manner of death was also the same.

Man found strangled with nails driven into head

Just found this crime report from November 2011, where, supposedly six victims were found who were all killed in the same manner: they all had strangulation marks and had three nails hammered into their heads. Police said the crimes were all gang-related.

Man found strangled with nails driven into head

By Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer November 12th, 2011 
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/92819/man-found-strangled-with-nails-driven-into-head
 
The Quezon City Police District is investigating the death of a man who was found dead early Saturday, apparently strangled to death and  with at least three nails driven into his head.
Police said it was the sixth such case so far this year in Quezon City.

Inspector Elmer Monsalve, homicide section chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit, said the still unidentified victim was found at around 5 a.m. Saturday on the pavement on Mindanao Extension Avenue in Greater Lagro.

He described the man as around 4 feet 7 inches in height, of medium build, with curly hair and a “Jeffrey” tattoo on his left arm.

A passerby, Jonel Nasam, was the one who discovered the naked body.

Monsalve said this was  the sixth case this year showing the same style of execution.

Monsalve said the victim might have died as a result of gang-related violence as the previous victims were found to have affiliations with street gangs.

The body bore ligature marks on the neck, indicating strangulating, and  had three nails sticking out of the  head.

another strangled victim

Man’s body found dumped on roadside in Manila

Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jamie Marie Elona, INQUIRER.net
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/253312/mans-body-found-dumped-on-roadside-in-manila



Policemen are looking into the death of a 22-year-old man who was found with ligature marks on his neck, his body placed inside a sack and dumped on the side of the road in Manila before dawn Sunday.


The victim who was later identified as Erbin Liwanag was found on Tayuman corner J. Luna streets in front of a supermarket in Tondo, Manila, around 3:30 a.m., Senior Police Officer 1 Charles John Duran of the Manila Police District’s homicide division said.

Duran said the victim, who had the names Caloy,
Erwin and Gary tattoed on his foot and back, was clad in a pair of gray shorts.

A closer examination revealed ligature marks on his neck and blood coming out of his nose, the investigator added.

“A certain ‘Aida,’ who refused to give her full identity, gave some information about the deceased but no one could give a good account of the incident,” Duran said.

The body was taken to a funeral home for autopsy. 

four murder victims found in two cities

Gruesome find in 2 cities: 4 boxes, 4 bodies
By Julie M. Aurelio, Nancy C. Carvajal , Philippine Daily Inquirer

READ THE COMPLETE REPORT AT : http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/252692/gruesome-find-in-2-cities-4-boxes-4-bodies

Gruesome finds came in four boxes in two cities early Saturday.

The bodies of two women stuffed in separate boxes were found a few meters from each other in a neighborhood in Manila, while a man and a woman also placed in boxes were found dead in a garbage pile in Quezon City.

In Manila, the boxes were found on Blumentritt Street, Sampaloc, at around 12:30 a.m., according to the head of the city police homicide section, Chief Insp. Joselito de Ocampo.

Ocampo identified one of the victims as Vita Bautista, 54, a buy-and-sell businesswoman from Bocaue, Bulacan province.

She was last seen alive by her daughter Jacqueline at around 3 p.m. Friday before she left their house to meet a friend on Tomas Morato, Quezon City, the officer said, quoting the victim’s relatives.

The other slain woman found in Manila remained unidentified as of late Saturday. She was described to be between 45 and 50 years old, with short hair and fair complexion.

Both victims appeared to have been strangled, Ocampo said.

In Quezon City, a seemingly related discovery was made on San Jose Street in Barangay (village) San Antonio at around 6 a.m. Saturday.

The bodies of a man and a woman believed to be victims of summary execution were found also stuffed in boxes dumped on a pile of trash. They remained unidentified and, like those found in Manila, bore strangling marks.

Masambong police station commander Supt. Pedro Sanchez said the two bodies were bound with nylon rope.

Wads of newspaper cutouts were also found in the victims’ pockets and the box containing the woman’s body had a piece of paper with the word “budol” written on it, Sanchez noted.

The woman was described to be between 35 and 40 years old, 5’1” in height, fair-skinned and wearing a red blazer, black shirt and striped shorts.

The man was about the same age, 5’3”, fair-skinned and wearing a white shirt with blue stripes, jeans and white rubber shoes.

Case investigator SPO1 Joselito Gagaza said a resident noticed a white van parked in front of the garbage pile about four hours before the discovery of the bodies.

The resident initially thought that the van’s occupants were just throwing away their trash, Gagaza said. But this resident got curious and reported the sighting to barangay officials, the investigator added.

On Aug. 5, the bodies of two men were also found stuffed inside boxes in Barangay Masambong and Sto. Domingo, also in Quezon City.

The 2001 UST Murder

The UST Murder that Abolished the ROTC
On the morning of March 18, 2001, 19-year-old Mark Welson Chua's body was found floating in the Pasig river, three days after he was reported missing. He was wrapped in a carpet, hog-tied, with his hands, feet, and face covered with cloth and duct tape.

Mark was a sophomore Mechanical Engineering student who became known for exposing the corruption and bribery in the Reserve Officers Training Corps of the UST in the school's official newspaper. His murder triggered public outrage, and urged the country's lawmakers to pass the Republic Act 9163 or the NSTP (National Service Training Program) Law, which abolished the then-existing ROTC system and gave college students a choice between the ROTC, the Literacy Training Service (LTS), or the Civic Welfare Training Service as a precondition for graduation.

SPOT.ph’s Top 10 Pinoy School Scandals

http://www.spot.ph/gallery/2210/spot-ph-rsquo-s-top-10-pinoy-school-scandals/article/51243#pid=40007 


NOTES:  Mark Chua's killer gets death by Elka Krystle R. Requinta
http://www.varsitarian.net/news/mark_chuas_killer_gets_death

2011 report on another packaging tape victim

August 2nd, 2011 
Suspected ‘salvage’ victim found
A man with three gunshot wounds, his mouth covered by masking tape and hands tied behind his back was found before dawn Tuesday in a grassy area on Visayas Avenue in Quezon City, a police report said. Police Officer 3 Gregorio Maramag of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit said the victim had gunshot wounds in the head, in the back and in the right arm.

According to him, the body was found by a crew member of a fast-food restaurant on Visayas Avenue who heard gunshots just minutes earlier. The victim was found at 2:45 a.m. at the corner of Visayas Avenue and Road 10 in Barangay (village) Vasra.

The policeman said it was apparent that the victim had been tortured before he was killed. The man was described as between 35 and 40 years old, 5’3” in height, of slim build and with short hair. He was dressed only in a pair of denim pants.—Nancy C. Carvajal

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/35229/metrobriefs-72

victim's face wrapped with masking tape

"...at 12:45 a.m. of the following day, the body of a   man was found with  stab wounds in the back along Maximo Viola Street in Barangay Balingasa. The victim, Jonel Mamarinta, 21, was identified by his mother. Authorities found the body after a watchman received a call at the barangay hall reporting the discovery. Masking tape was wrapped around the face of the victim."

FULL REPORT BY JULIE M. AURELIO AT:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/204405/2-male-victims-of-brutal-killings-reported-in-qc

Suicide in SM Southmall

Nathaniel R. Melican,  Philippine Daily Inquirer  Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/175235/woman-jumps-to-death-in-las-pinas-mall

A woman who leapt to her death at a mall in Las Piñas City would have remained unidentified had it not been for a SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card which the police found in her wallet.

The victim, Celedonia Aquino, 55, a widow living at Carmencita Village, Admiral Subdivision in Las Piñas, jumped from the third floor of SM Southmall at around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

“It’s an apparent suicide. We have witnesses who told us that she jumped from the third floor of the mall and that no one was there to stop her,” case investigator PO1 Ernesto Bautista Jr. told the Inquirer in a phone interview.

Aquino was rushed to Las Piñas City Medical Center but she was pronounced dead on arrival due to massive head and body injuries.

“When we searched her body, we found a wallet but there were no IDs in it. However, we found a SIM card where we found the contact number of a certain Alvin Aquino who turned out to be her son,” Bautista said.

He added that Alvin told them that his mother had been taking antidepressant drugs for an unspecified mental condition.

Five dead bodies in Quezon City

2 more bodies with torture marks found in Quezon City—police

By Nancy Carvajal, Philippine Daily Inquirer , January 25th, 2012
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/134191/2-more-bodies-with-torture-marks-found-in-quezon-city%E2%80%94police

Two more bodies bearing torture marks were found in different places in Quezon City on Wednesday, bringing to five the number of dumped bodies recorded by the city police in the last three days alone, police records showed.


Police Office 1 Alvin Quisumbing of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD-CIDU) identified the latest victims as Dereck Page, 25, of Moonstar St., Las Villas del Ciello Homes, Sunville Subdivision, Barangay (village) Culiat, Quezon City; and Gilbert Borja, 29, of No. 4 Ginintuang Landas St., Barangay Sta. Monica, Novaliches, also in Quezon City.

Quisumbing said the body of Page with multiple stab wounds was discovered by a gardener around 8 a.m. at a vacant lot not far from where he lived.

Page’s wife, Maria Cristina, told police she last saw and talked to her husband at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when he went out of the house to gather condiments for the food they were cooking for dinner.

However, she said Page never returned since then.

Meanwhile, PO3 Gregorio Maramag said Borja was found dead at around 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, at the corner of Ginintuang Landas and Tatlong Hari Streets in Barangay Sta. Monica.

Maramag said the victim’s body bore torture marks and had a gunshot wound in the back and multiple stab wounds in the right side of his body.

Three bodies bearing torture marks and signs of summary execution were found earlier in separate areas in Quezon City.

Inspector Elmer Monsalve, chief of the homicide investigation of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), expressed alarm over the discovery of several bodies in the space of a few days.

Monsalve said they were still establishing the motive for the killings but initial investigation showed the killings could be part of an ongoing “gang war.’’