THREE “PERSONS OF INTEREST” EYED IN THE BRUTAL SLAY OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS DUMPED IN BENGUET

Tuba, Benguet (November 10, 2022)

Tuba town police are eyeing three “persons-of-interest” into brutal slay of two young girls dumped at a ravine along Marcos Highway in Tuba, Benguet on October 31. Not naming the three though, the Tuba police said, it is exerting all efforts to find out the truth on the killing, which accordingly, was perpetrated in the lowlands and only dumped in Benguet to waylay investigators.

Andrea Rabara Quiros, 19, daughter of a policeman stationed in Pozzorubio, Pangasinan and her cousin, Anika Columbino Principe, 16,  both from San Vicente, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, were found dumped at sitio Inomas, barangay Taloy Sur, along Marcos Highway in Tuba town in the afternoon of October 31. The two were both hogtied and mouths gagged.

Crime scene operatives even found out that one eyeball of Principe was missing and a deep scar was evident on her forehead signifying she might have been tortured. The victims also had no bullet wounds nor knife wounds.

Details on when the two girls went missing still is unclear, Tuba police chief investigator Chief Master Sergeant Alejo Guesaed said, adding that Principe’s mother requested for an exhumation of her daughter to find out more about the killing. The National Bureau of Investigation-Cordillera has taken cognizance of the killing and is conducting a parallel probe in cooperation with the local police.

Artemio A. Dumlao

Amianan Balita Ngayon