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.

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.

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

another suicide in SM Fairview

Oct 18, 2010 : this tweet was posted on the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Twitter feed. There were other people who posted similar reports and others claimed to have witness the incident.


And here's the Inquirer's report:

MANILA, Philippines—A 19-year-old student killed himself inside a mall in Fairview, Quezon City, on Sunday afternoon following an argument with his girlfriend.Case investigator PO1 Hermogenes Capili of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit identified the victim as Richard Fernando, a student of Fatima University. Fernando, a resident of Lagro Subdivision in Barangay Greater Lagro, sustained serious head injuries when he jumped from the second floor of the mall at around 3:10 p.m. Witnesses told the police that the teenager had climbed over the railings near the cinema and food court area before he jumped. Capili said Fernando was rushed to Far Eastern University Hospital but he died of his injuries nearly two hours later. The victim’s father told the police that his son may have killed himself over relationship problems. The police noted that a check of the victim’s cell phone showed that Fernando had been fighting with his girlfriend before he took his life.

If this person did jump to his death, this would be the second or third time a person has decided to commit suicide in this particular mall.

Here's the report from 2009:
http://metrocrimescene.blogspot.com/2009/09/suicide-in-mall.html