Man kills mom, who supposedly turned into an aswang

Man beheads 70-yr-old mom that 'turned into aswang'

By Barbara Mijares, ABS-CBN News Bacolod

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/07/25/14/man-beheads-70-yr-old-mom-after-turning-aswang
 

 

BACOLOD CITY - The decapitated body of a 70-year-old woman was found outside her home in Purok Esperanza, Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City on Thursday.

The head of Eledina Gabitanan was found just a few meters away from his son, Percival, who was sitting inside their house.

According to their neighbors, they heard Gabitanan asking for help at around 3 a.m.

One of them, Rosalinda Alfsicar, then sought help from barangay officials.

When they went to Gabitanan's house, she said Percival was just sitting down as if nothing happened.

She said the suspect had already washed the body of his dead mother when they arrived.

Percival admitted to ABS-CBN News that he tied his mother before killing her.

He claimed they were just talking when his mother's appearance allegedly changed into that of an "aswang."

He said he then stabbed her in the chest with a bamboo but it failed to pierce through her, so he decided to cut off her head.

Inspector Richard Fajarito, deputy commander of police station 8, said Percival's statement was inconsistent, and that the latter had admitted using illegal drugs.

Police said the suspect will be facing parricide charges.

The Mark Dizon Case: Serial Killer

"Mark Dizon is accused of killing nine people (all of whom he knew personally) during three separate robberies. After the murders, he would steal the victim’s electronic equipment and pawn it. Investigators in the case have called him “obsessed” with these electronic gadgets as he would leave all the victim’s other valuables when robbing them. The local police chief has speculated that he may have wanted to obtain banking details or other financial information to get access to the victim’s pensions. In a weird and unexpected twist, he was arrested after a witness positively identified him from his facebook account’s profile photo." FROM : 10 Recently Caught Demented Serial Killers, http://listverse.com/2013/05/01/10-recently-caught-demented-serial-killers/ 

RELATED LINKS : http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/26/serial-killer-in-philippines-targeted-expats-and-their-gadgets/

Mark Dizon, Suspected Of Killing 9, Nabbed Using Facebook

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/27/mark-dizon-murder-suspect_n_660683.html

SOCO: The Angeles City serial killer By Koryn Iledan, Multi-Media Producer

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/current-affairs-programs/08/20/10/soco-angeles-city-serial-killer

Nothing but circumstantial evidence versus suspected serial killer MARK DIZON

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7006038-nothing-but-circumstantial-evidence-versus-suspected-serial-killer-mark-dizon

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.

Woman murdered, burned inside motel

A REPORT BY JENNY REYES, ABS-CBN NEWS http://twitter.com/jennyfreyes
http://rp1.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/07/19/11/woman-killed-burned-inside-pasig-motel

A woman was killed and her body was burned inside a motel room allegedly by her boyfriend, police said Tuesday.

Pasig City police chief Senior Superintendent Jesse Cardona said the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. at a room of the Country Lodge Motel.

The 20-year-old victim, who hails from Cebu, was burned almost beyond recognition. Cardona identified the victim through an ID card as Regine Fernandez, a native of Cebu City and an employee of the Cebu Waterfront Hotel.

She was stabbed 3 times and her neck was slashed, investigators said.

The suspect, 44-year-old Raymond Camarse, was arrested while he was trying to escape from the crime scene.

He was nabbed because his car broke down outside the motel.

Police found a suitcase filled with clothes and a knife inside the suspect's car.

Camarse is believed to have poured either kerosene or gasoline on the woman's body after killing her.

Firefighters said they thought the case was a simple fire incident until they discovered the women's charred body on the bed.

Motel employees said Camarse and the woman checked in 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

They later noticed thick smoke coming from the couple's room and called for help from firefighters.

Senior Police Officer 2 Roger Baltazar said motel staff also became suspicious because Camarse suddenly checked out without the woman.

The suspect told police that he wanted to break up with the woman but the victim refused, Chief Inspector Roderick Tonga said.

Police are now trying to contact the victim's relatives.

Other details taken from:
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/226759/nation/woman-found-dead-burned-inside-pasig-motel


Could this case be connected to the 2008 murders, where two women were also found burned in motel rooms?
http://metrocrimescene.blogspot.com/2008/09/firestarter.html

ABS-CBN reports: Mother kills own baby, eats organs

Report from Julius Camba, ABS-CBN Cagayan Valley

ISABELA, Philippines – A mother diagnosed with schizophrenia was arrested by authorities in Ilagan, Isabela, for killing her 1-year-old daughter.

Authorities suspect that the mother “Carol” (not her real name) ate her daughter’s internal organs after slitting her throat.

Neighbors said they alerted police when they saw a bloodied Carol outside her house carrying a sack. They said the suspect was caught in the act of throwing the sack, which contained the dead infant.

“Dati pinutol niya ‘yung ulo ng pusa tapos ininom 'yung dugo, tapos ngayon naman ginawa niya kinatay niya ‘yung anak niya. Ininom niya ‘yung dugo tapos kinain niya ‘yung atay, puso, saka bituka nung anak niya,” said Reynaldo Gantalao, one of Carol’s neighbors.

Police said Carol, who had a live-in partner, was living a life of depression after her husband left her.

“Kasi iniwan siya ng dati niyang asawa. Siguro dahil sa matinding problema kaya nabaliw ‘yung nanay,” said Police Superintendent Baltazar Israel.

Medical examinations confirmed that Carol is suffering from schizophrenia.

The incident has raised fear among the residents of Ilagan. “Karumal-dumal talaga, biruan mo ganun ‘yung ginawa sa anak niya,” said one of the residents Marilou Agor.

The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has filed parricide charges against the suspect.

Carol is set to be admitted to Cagayan Valley Medical Center to receive medical attention.

Dead Woman Found in Suitcase

Last Saturday (September 25, 2010), the body of Neria Salapang, 29, a sales supervisor, was found inside a suitcase, left on the roadside of Congress Village in Camarin, Caloocan City.


Supt. Jade Santos of Caloocan Police said the body was identified through IDs and calling cards that were found at the scene of the crime.


Based on the state of the body, police speculate that the victim died three days ago. The cause of the death might be a blow to the left side of the head where a fracture was found, as reported by Supt. Filemon Porciuncula of the SOCO NPD.

full report and video at:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/metro-manila/09/28/10/police-identifies-woman-suitcase

Fetuses found near churches

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/09/15/10/dead-babies-discovered-near-churches

Police said a 5-to 7-month-old fetus was found inside a green plastic bag at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

An hour later, another fetus was found at the doorstep of the Church of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo district, Manila.

PO3 Jay Santos of the Manila Police District (MPD) Homicide Division believes the babies were aborted by their mothers.

Meanwhile, the Malabon City police also reported that a fetus, wrapped in plastic and then stuffed into a sack, was found at the corner of Salmon and Pampano streets in Catmon district on Wednesday.

Police said a worker named Tamy Pinero discovered the fetus and reported it to the police.

The Malabon City police's Scene of the Crime Operatives said the fetus was only 7 months old.

Woman falls to her death in Shangri-la Mall

Picture uploaded by maitecaliente
http://twitpic.com/21fpfb

Here's the report from SPOT.PH
http://www.spot.ph/2010/07/01/lady-dentist-falls-off-6th-floor-of-mandaluyongs-shangri-la-plaza-mall/

Dr. Mary Ann Magtoto, a dentist, died after falling six floors inside the Shangri-la Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City today, according to ABS-CBNNews.com. Reports say she landed on the second floor of the mall at 3:50 p.m. Police “have yet to determine if the woman jumped off or was pushed,” said ABS-CBNNews.com

Twitter was abuzz about the incident this afternoon. Twitter user NeilParas posted a picture of the scene, with the dead woman lying facedown on the mall’s floor. Another Twitterer, maitecaliente, posted a photo of Magtoto surrounded by bystanders.

TV host Drew Arellano, who was at Shangri-la Plaza at the time, Tweeted, “I’m on the 6th flr and people around me heard a loud smack… They took the body away. They covered the blood on the floor with white towels but red/brown color still visible.”

Here are the tweets from http://twitter.com/inquirerdotnet
Mandaluyong chief of police says dentist Mary Ann Magtoto who fell from upper floor in Shangri-La Mall DOA at 4:20pm--Beverly

Picture and report from ABS-CBS NEWS:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/07/01/10/woman-falls-6th-flr-shangri-la-mall

UPDATES:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/195018/cops-probe-dentists-fatal-fall-in-mandaluyong-mall
...the victim did not show any effort to protect herself from the fall), the witness said. A man who identified himself as Dr. Peter Milaor claimed that victim was his cousin, and he positively identified her as Mary Ann. The report said Milaor claimed he was able to review the video recording of the mall's closed-circuit television (CCTV), which showed Mary Ann repeatedly going up and down the escalator, seemingly contemplating deeply on something.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/07/02/10/police-woman-shangri-la-mall-jumped-6th-floor
Superintendent Roseller Sta. Maria, deputy chief of the Mandaluyong City police, said a British national saw Dr. Mary Ann Magtoto jump from the 6th floor. Sta. Maria said the foreigner said in his sworn statement that he saw Magtoto climb the escalator's railing before jumping off.

Korean woman found dead in Quezon City

Korean businesswoman found dead in car
By Jerry Botial (The Philippine Star) April 11, 2010
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=565362&publicationSubCategoryId=65

MANILA, Philippines - A Korean businesswoman was found dead in the backseat of her own car in Quezon City yesterday morning.

Chief Inspector Benjamin Elenzano, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) homicide investigation chief, said Kim Young Suk, 52, a resident of Loyola Heights, was found sprawled in the backseat of her blue Ford Lynx (XAR-636) parked in front of her rented house along Xavierville Avenue yesterday at 9 a.m.

The cause of her death is still being determined. SPO1 Mario Turiano of the QCPD’s Crime Investigation and Detection Unit, said according to Sandra Kim, the victim’s friend, Kim owned a coffee shop in the area and had been engaged in business in the country for some years.

Turiano said her face was swollen and no traces of blood were found anywhere near the body.

FROM : http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/04/10/10/korean-businesswoman-found-dead-car

Investigators suspect foul play.

The Quezon City Police Department-Scene of the Crime Operations (QCPD-SOCO) said Kim’s cellphone, jewelry and handbag were missing.

Police said there were also other pieces of evidence which indicate the victim was not alone shortly before she died.

“May maiikling buhok na hindi match sa biktima na nakita sa driver’s seat… kita rin ang undies [underwear], tinitignan [namin] kung may sexual intercourse,” said Senior Inspector Elizalde Odo, team leader of the QCPD SOCO Team.

UPDATE: Based on the limited information given in these news reports,  I asked The Doctors to speculate on the possible cause of death of the victim.

Dr. H said : if there was no sign of blood trauma, it could be due to two things: she might have had pulmonary congestion and so there was a damming back of blood to the upper extremities. Second, it might have been due to postmortem change but this would be together with other signs of postmortem lividity. I think there could be a third one, this person might be a suffering from chronic asthma and that's part of a change in the long time use of steroids.

Dr. D said : Or maybe she was strangled... That would explain the swollen face, different kind of hair in her hand and the fact that she was in the backseat of the car.

Face will get swollen because of constriction in the neck. It would be helpful if there were bruises, hematomas noted in the neck that are circumferential or are in the shape of fingers. That would lead to the conclusion of strangulation.

Different kind of hair in the hand might point to a struggle. Imagine yourself being strangled by someone. You'd try anything to take that grip off your neck... like pulling on the other person's hair. You'd also kick and claw at anything you can reach. So it would be helpful if they found anything under the nails of the victim. Blood, seat material or fabric and dead skin which is not the victims are usually a signs that there was a struggle.

The Ruby Rose Murder

Mafia-style murder: Steel drum, cement
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20090612-210050

It took more than two hours for crime laboratory experts from Camp Crame to remove just the first layer of what served as Ruby Rose Jimenez’s tomb: A well-soldered steel barrel filled with concrete and encased in another welded steel box.

Another couple more hours or so were spent cutting open the light blue-colored drum, where the remains of the missing Ruby Rose were eventually found, immersed in soggy concrete.

“The entire thing, including the cement, probably weighed about a ton,” said an officer from the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory, who requested anonymity for lack of authority to speak with the media.

Counting the hours they spent prying open the tightly sealed container on Wednesday afternoon, experts believed that Ruby Rose’s killers had meticulously prepared for her disappearance with the intention that she would never be found.

“Whoever was behind it really worked on it. The steel casings were welded,” said the officer.

The metal box was fished out of Navotas waters in Manila Bay the other day by local police following a tip from a suspect, who wanted to turn state witness in exchange for a lesser punishment.

A fishing magnate is a key suspect in the Mafia-style murder.

Ruby Rose disappeared on March 14, 2007, after a bitter custody dispute with her estranged husband for their two children.

Last week, police arrested one of seven suspects, said Metro Manila police commander Chief Supt. Roberto Rosales.

CIDG tapped to speed up Ruby Rose slay probe
The Philippine National Police has tapped its Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to speed up the investigation of the Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez slay case, a Mafia-style murder that sent shock waves across the law enforcement community.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090616-210720/CIDG-tapped-to-speed-up-Ruby-Rose-slay-probe


Witness says 5 killers were paid P250,000
The five men who carried out the gangland-style execution of Ruby Rose Barrameda-Jimenez each received P50,000 from the in-laws of the victim, a suspect-turned-state witness told police.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090615-210490/Witness-says-5-killers-were-paid-P250000

7 suspects in Barrameda slay summoned
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090616-210715/7-suspects-in-Barrameda-slay-summoned

Ruby Rose father-in-law, 6 others face murder charges
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Thursday said they are preparing the murder complaints against the father-in-law, lawyer Manuel Jimenez II and his brother, Lope Jimenez. Also facing charges are Eric Fernandez, Spike Discalzo, Roberto Ponce alias Abet, Rudy de la Cruz and Manuel Montero.

Montero is the informant who led police into discovering the metal box containing Ruby Rose’s body buried at the bottom of the Manila Bay.
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/164718/Ruby-Rose-father-in-law-6-others-face-murder-charges

DOJ: Testimony of Ruby Rose murder witness strong
Newly-appointed Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said Saturday that the police has a very strong case against a fishing magnate who has been charged with murder for the gruesome killing of a former actress' sister two years ago.

"It's very difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the drum... On the basis of what the police have gathered, merong malakas na ebidensya (there is a strong evidence)," Devanadera said in an interview over radio dzMM, referring to Manuel Montero, a suspect-turned-witness in the killing of Ruby Rose Jimenez, sister of former actress Rochelle Barrameda.

Montero told police that Jimenez was strangled to death and then her body was placed inside a rectangular steel case filled with cement.

The steel case was loaded into a ship with the use of a forklift and then dumped into the seawaters of Navotas.

The suspect's confession led to the recovery of the body of Jimenez, who went missing in March 2007 while on her way to visit her two children, whose custody has been given by the court to her husband, Manuel "Third" Jimenez III.

MORE BODIES
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), the lead law enforcement unit handling the case, said Friday that Montero has admitted that their group was also responsible in several other Mafia-style killings.

Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales, NCRPO chief, said Montero is guiding them in the recovery of the bodies, also stuffed in drums and encases in cement.

“We received reports that the group are behind other killings so we are validating them. Our witness is helping us in pinpointing the exact location of the bodies,” said Rosales, noting that majority of the supposed victims are business rivals of shipping magnate Lope Jimenez.

Rosales said that after the discovery of Ruby Rose’s body, prominent families have contacted him, claiming Jimenez and his group may have something to do with the killing of their next of kin.

“We are uncovering more killings allegedly authored by the same suspects. I’m asking these relatives to come to my office so we could discuss the cases,” he said.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/06/13/09/doj-testimony-ruby-rose-murder-witness-strong