Salvage victim found in Imus; 2 men found dead in white van identified
By Anthony Giron
IMUS, Cavite — A man, with tell-tale signs of “salvaging” (a police term for summary execution) was found on a roadside in Barangay Malagasang I-G in Imus, the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) reported on Monday (Dec. 16).
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The man, who wore a black shirt and black shorts, was found tied up and his head covered with a plastic bag. He has no identification card and no one in the area knew him.
The man’s body, believed dumped, was discovered by passersby on the road fronting a grassy lot at 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Malagasang I-G is the site of the Ospital ng Imus, the first local government-run hospital in the city. The find was a short distance away from the hospital.
Police said the man’s body was brought to a city funeral morgue for autopsy to determine the cause of his death after scene of the crime operatives (SoCO) conducted their investigation.
“Salvage” victims were also reportedly found previously in some cities of the province, according to Cavite PPO reports.
Meanwhile, the two dead men found last Friday in an abandoned white van in Barangay San Rafael IV in Noveleta, Cavite have been identified by the police.
Noveleta police officer-in-charge Captain Rosalino Panlaqui said relatives identified the slain men as Ronan Muji, a resident of Pola, and Miguelito Estrera, of Bansud, both in Oriental Mindoro.
The bodies of Muji and Estrera were found in a Nissan Urvan vehicle with plate NEA 9089 that was found in a vacant lot at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Police recovered the driving licenses of Muji and Estrera while searching their bodies.
Initial police investigation showed that Muji and Estrera were the driver and co-driver of the van that was rented by a still unidentified individual. Relatives said Muji and Estrera left to fetch someone at the airport last Dec. 11 and that they were going somewhere in Cavite.
The heads and body parts of the two victims were wrapped with packaging tape when found in the van. Police presumed the victims had been dead for three days.
Police investigators and the SoCO are now looking into the witnesses’ accounts, the van’s forensic example traces, and the closed-circuit-television (CCTV) camera footage at the site and other areas.
The officers withheld other details about the case for the meantime as investigation is ongoing.
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