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| Photo by Jenny Reyes, ABS-CBN News |
By Niña Calleja, Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 20th, 2011
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/26689/man-charged-for-killing-gro-in-pasig-motel-room
The man accused of killing and burning the body of a woman inside a motel in Pasig City was charged on Wednesday with murder and arson at the city prosecutor’s office.
Case investigator Senior Police Officer 2 Rogelio Baltazar said Raymond Camarse, 44, a resident of Quezon City, was arrested after he was caught fleeing from the crime scene.
His victim was identified as Regine Fernandez, a 20-year-old guest relations officer at a hotel in Cebu City.
Her body was found inside a room in Country Lodge at around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. It was under a pile of burning clothes, a pair of sandals, parts of a wooden chair and glass shards.
The policeman said the victim had been stabbed to death.
“The fire was done to cover up the crime. Had the suspect fled undetected, the identity of the victim would still be unknown up to now,” Baltazar added.
Before the victim’s burnt body was discovered, the suspect was spotted hurriedly leaving the motel room and trying to start his car.
Sensing that something was wrong, an employee of the motel blocked his way with a movable metal fence.
The suspect, however, forced his way out of the motel on board his car but members of the barangay (village) security force and policemen who were alerted by suspicious motel staffers apprehended him just a few meters away from the entrance.
They found in the back seat of his vehicle the kitchen knife allegedly used in the killing as well as the victim’s identification cards.
As of Wednesday afternoon, no one has claimed the victim’s body, the police said.
The suspect, on the other hand, remains detained at the Pasig police headquarters.
Baltazar said the suspect told him that the victim was his mistress and that he had tried to break up with her.
Earlier reports, however, said that the woman was killed because she wanted out of the relationship.
Here's a link to the first reports about the crime from ABS-CBN and GMA News:
http://metrocrimescene.blogspot.com/2011/07/woman-murdered-burned-inside-motel.html
Which makes me wonder: was this murder premeditated? Based on this report, it does sound like the suspect panicked and used whatever was at the scene to commit the crime. (Although, I still wonder where he got the kerosene.) The suspect panicked and was supposedly seen hurrying out of the motel and that's why the staff got suspicious on his actions.
Could this suspect be the same person who committed these crimes back in 2008:
http://metrocrimescene.blogspot.com/2008/09/firestarter.html
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