The victim's face was wrapped in packaging tape

Man killed; body thrown into river
By Jeannette Andrade, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 06/20/2010


The decomposing body of a man was fished out of the Pasig River in Manila before dawn on Sunday.

Manila Police District homicide section investigators described the still unidentified half-naked victim as between 25 and 37 years old, 5’6” tall and of medium build.

His head was wrapped in packaging tape while his hands and feet were tied.

Case investigator Police Officer 3 Jaime Gonzales said in his report that a green towel was looped around the victim’s neck.

Gonzales added that the body was discovered floating in the river at around 3:45 a.m. yesterday near the Del Pan Elliptical Road in Ermita.

(It's interesting to note that in the past couple of years, victims have been found with their faces wrapped in packaging tape, their hands and feet bound, but this is the first time a body has been found floating in the Pasig. They are usually found dumped in some street corner. I wonder what makes this victim different. I also wonder if this victim also had stab wounds/gun shot wounds and if he had gang tattoos, like all the others.)

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