Five dead bodies in Quezon City

2 more bodies with torture marks found in Quezon City—police

By Nancy Carvajal, Philippine Daily Inquirer , January 25th, 2012
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Two more bodies bearing torture marks were found in different places in Quezon City on Wednesday, bringing to five the number of dumped bodies recorded by the city police in the last three days alone, police records showed.


Police Office 1 Alvin Quisumbing of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD-CIDU) identified the latest victims as Dereck Page, 25, of Moonstar St., Las Villas del Ciello Homes, Sunville Subdivision, Barangay (village) Culiat, Quezon City; and Gilbert Borja, 29, of No. 4 Ginintuang Landas St., Barangay Sta. Monica, Novaliches, also in Quezon City.

Quisumbing said the body of Page with multiple stab wounds was discovered by a gardener around 8 a.m. at a vacant lot not far from where he lived.

Page’s wife, Maria Cristina, told police she last saw and talked to her husband at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when he went out of the house to gather condiments for the food they were cooking for dinner.

However, she said Page never returned since then.

Meanwhile, PO3 Gregorio Maramag said Borja was found dead at around 1:10 a.m. on Wednesday, at the corner of Ginintuang Landas and Tatlong Hari Streets in Barangay Sta. Monica.

Maramag said the victim’s body bore torture marks and had a gunshot wound in the back and multiple stab wounds in the right side of his body.

Three bodies bearing torture marks and signs of summary execution were found earlier in separate areas in Quezon City.

Inspector Elmer Monsalve, chief of the homicide investigation of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD), expressed alarm over the discovery of several bodies in the space of a few days.

Monsalve said they were still establishing the motive for the killings but initial investigation showed the killings could be part of an ongoing “gang war.’’

An Execution in San Juan

Report by :  Kristine Felisse Mangunay 
Two dead bodies found by barangay patrol
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/100977/metrobriefs-127

Patrolling officials of Barangay Maytunas in San Juan City found two dead bodies in a dimly lit area Saturday night. Senior Supt. Rainier Espina, San Juan chief of police, said both victims, possibly in their early and mid-30s, were handcuffed and blindfolded with a masking tape.

Espina said there were details in the scene that seem to indicate whoever killed the men did not want police to have a difficult time in conducting their investigation. 

He said three bullet shells that were found in the scene had been placed on the stomach of the younger victim. The shells were from a .45 cal. revolver, Espina said, and seemed to be consistent with the bullet wounds found in the forehead of the elder victim, and the right and left temples of the younger one. 

Chopped-up body found in Valenzuela City

‘Chop-chop’ case probed

They are like separate pieces of a puzzle waiting to be solved. Police are now investigating the gruesome murder of a man whose severed body parts were thrown in different places in Valenzuela City and were found on Saturday. SPO1 Percy Villanueva of the Valenzuela City investigation unit said the body parts were grouped in three and thrown in different places.

SPO2 Arnold San Juan told the Inquirer that a certain George Caco came forward and identified the victim based on the severed head recovered by the police. Caco claimed the severed head belonged to Julius Caco, a former watchman of Barangay Karuhatan.

On Saturday, Senior Supt. Wilben Mayor, chief of police who led a team of field investigators in Barangay Karuhatan confirmed Caco’s information. He added that there were no bullet wounds found in any part of the victim’s body. 

Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 20, 2011
report by Kristine Felisse Mangunay
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/97247/metrobriefs-123

Suicide in Imus mall

Breaking News: Man Allegedly Commits Suicide Inside Robinsons Mall in Imus (Photos) October 20, 2011 http://www.pinoyshoutouts.com/2011/10/breaking-news-man-allgedly-commits-suicide-inside-the-robinsons-mall-in-imus-photos/ 

CCTV shows man leaped to death in Imus mall Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 20, 2011 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/79849/man-leaps-to-death-in-robinsons-imus 

Youth commits suicide inside mall Tempo, October 22, 2011 http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/youth-commits-suicide-inside-mall/#.TqKXFXHCP7A 

IMUS, Cavite, Philippines – A depressed youth committed suicide by jumping from a high 4th level area of a mall in this town, police said Friday.

In a report to Senior Supt. John C. Bulalacao, Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) director, Supt. Hersan H. Mojica, Imus police chief, identified the fatality as Adrian L. Hidalgo, 20, a resident of 316 Golf Street, Silver Homes Classic, Barangay Mambog I, Bacoor, Cavite, and a student of Informatics Center at the 4th floor of the mall in Tanzang Luma III.

Hidalgo died on the spot after he leaped from the rail of the mall’s 4th floor area. He sustained severe head and body injuries.

Detective Dennis L. Magsaysay said the victim was identified by his mother Gemma D. Hidalgo, 47, and his relatives at the morgue.

Magsaysay, citing a report of relatives, claimed that Hidalgo had been getting medical attention for the last three years due to depression.

Hidalgo was described as “tahimik na bata” (silent-type youth). Masaysay said that Hidalgo, who wore a black framed-eyeglasses, black t-shirt, a pair of maong pants and Havaianas slippers, was seen roaming in the floor area before he jumped from the railing at 12:24 noon Thursday, based on the CCTV (closed-circuit television) recorder.

It was the second suicide incident that was reported in Cavite in 14 hours. Last Wednesday night, a male patient died after he jumped from the window of an intensive care unit (ICU) room at the 4th floor of a hospital in General Trias town. (Anthony Giron)

Here's the related report : http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/faith-cures-depression-%E2%80%93-cavite-priest/#.TqKZHXHCP7A

...the police recorded another suicide case in Cavite with the demise of a depressed male patient who reportedly jumped out of a 40-feet-high hospital building last Wednesday night in General Trias town.

The 55-year-old victim, who underwent dialysis, leaped unnoticed from the window of the intensive care unit (ICU) room, it was reported.

There were more or less 25 suicide incidents in the province that was reported to the police this year alone.

Scene of the Crime Operatives

CSI a la PNP 
By Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star) October 16, 2011 
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=737947&publicationSubCategoryId=90

MANILA, Philippines - We watch “CSI” and all those popular crime shows on television and wonder when our police will ever have those high-tech gizmos to solve crimes. Wonder no more. 

It may be the best kept police secret, but the Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory in Camp Crame, Quezon City is now a modern unit with advanced equipment and highly trained personnel. The agents of the Crime Lab, commonly called SOCO (Scene of the Crime Operatives), are as crucial to crime solution as police officers chasing criminals.

Deputy Director General Arturo Cacdac Jr., PNP deputy chief for operations, says a number of high profile cases have been resolved with the help of highly-trained forensic examiners using advanced and modern equipment.

“Police work not only involves intelligence gathering and crime prevention. It also involves crime scene investigation. So we need high-tech equipment and capable forensic examiners,” Cacdac tells STARweek.

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