(Eagle News) — The mother of Ralph Trangia has been included in the list of suspects in the death of Horacio Castillo III.
Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, said this in a radio interview on Sunday.
Trangia’s mother joins officers of the Aegis Juris fraternity in the police’s list of suspects behind the death of the freshman law student at the University of Sto. Tomas last week.
Earlier, Coronel named the youngest Trangia, Ralph, an officer of the fraternity, and his father Antonio, who police said was the registered owner of the pickup that was used to take the hazing victim to the hospital, in the police’s list of primary suspects.
According to the police director, they are also so far conferring with the Castillo family’s lawyers about the possibility of UST Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina’s “complicity in a particular incident.”
Coronel did not give additional details, but noted at the same time that Divina, who was instrumental in the surrender of Solano, has been “very cooperative.”
“He assured us that he will assist us in the investigation,” Coronel said.
Coronel added that “most of the suspects are in hiding.”
Earlier, Coronel said all officials enrolled in UST are suspects based on the Anti-Hazing Law.
Massive trauma
Castillo died of a heart attack due to massive trauma from injuries sustained during hazing rites performed by the Aegis Juris fraternity.
John Paul Solano, who was named by police as a primary suspect, surrendered to Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday.
Solano said his role was confined to giving medical attention to Castillo, whom he found “half-dead” after the hazing rites.
Aeron Salientes, who was included in the lookout order issued by the immigration bureau, also surfaced on Friday, and denied any hand in the death of Castillo.
The Bureau of Immigration said the youngest Trangia left the country for Taiwan on Sept. 19, a day before he was included in an immigration lookout order.
The Taiwanese government later said he boarded a plane for Chicago, the United States.
The elder Trangias have also not yet surfaced to talk to the authorities.
