Another man dumped at Benguet ravine

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Another dead man was found dumped in Benguet province Monday afternoon, less than a day after a known pickpocket was found in Tadiangan, Tuba, also in the
province on Sunday.
Sonny Seguin dela Cruz, 42, from Purok 8, Green Valley, Dontogan barangay in Baguio City was discovered dumped at Pinalyok, Longlong, Puguis, this town at around 12:45PM on Monday by a certain Michael Bautista.
Bautista was reportedly having a joyride on his vehicle when he momentarily halted to urinate at the roadside where
dela Cruz was dumped. The cadaver was later identified by authorities whom Bautista alerted based on his UMID identification card.
Dela Cruz was brought to the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes along Marcos Highway in Baguio City for an autopsy, as policemen had no definitive answers as to the background of the victim.
Meanwhile, a known pickpocket was found dumped along the road in Tadiangan, Tuba on Sunday morning.
The victim was identified by his wife as Joebert Pana Neri, 29, a resident of No. 92, Dr. Carino Street, Lower QM, Baguio City.
Neri was found sprawled dead near the National Housing Authority project, with two gunshot wounds on his left cheek and left jaw exiting on his right temple and right cheek.
Crime scene investigators also noted visible ligature marks on Neri’s neck and multiple abrasions on his stomach. Two empty shells of caliber 45 pistol and a slug for the same caliber were also found.
Neri’s wife told policemen that she last saw him on Saturday 11:00AM at their store in 92 Dr. Cariño St., Baguio City when he left to buy cigarette.
Neri’s wife also told investigators that a certain “Dong”, whom his husband met when he was brought at the Baguio City District Jail on January 8-19, 2019, called and texted his husband for them to meet at Camp Allen, Baguio City.
At about 6:00PM on Saturday, both cellular phones of “Dong” and his husband could no longer be contacted.
The victim’s wife also told investigators that her husband was a known pickpocket at Block 4, Kayang St., in Baguio City and that he had been charged in court twice, once in 2018 and another last January 2019.
 
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