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.
