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(Eagle News)—The DNA samples taken from the scissors police believe were used to kill Christine Lee Silawan matched that of suspect Renato Llenes, the Philippine National Police said. PNP spokesperson Bernard Banac said the scissors also contained Silawan’s DNA, based on an examination done by the PNP Crime Lab. The findings appear to affirm the narration of events made by Llenes, who said he used the scissors to stab Silawan several times and to skin […]
(Eagle News)—Another suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan has been arrested. Authorities, however, refused to divulge any information about the identity of the suspect, who is in police custody. The police had tagged a 17-year-old boy as the main suspect in the killing of the Cebuana student in March. The boy, police said, was charged as an adult. Silawan’s body was found in an empty lot in Lapu Lapu on March 11. Her head […]
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan is back in Department of Social Welfare and Development custody. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the boy’s “re-arrest” following his release by a prosecutor who had ruled the police failed to justify a warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: when, in the presence of the policeman, the person to be arrested has […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 26, revealed he ordered the re-arrest of the suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan. Duterte said he gave the order after the prosecutor ordered Silawan’s 17-year-old former boyfriend released after the National Bureau of Investigation failed to justify he was covered by warrantless arrest. Under the Rules of Court, a warrantless arrest is valid under three circumstances: When, in the presence of the policeman, the person to […]
(Eagle News)–A suspect in the killing of Christine Silawan, a 17-year-old boy, is now in custody, the National Bureau of Investigation said. No details are available so far. Silawan’s lifeless body was found in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu last week. Police said she suffered multiple stab wounds, and her head had been skinned, exposing her skull. Her trachea, esophagus and others were also missing. Earlier, authorities announced the arrest of a man who […]
(Eagle News) — The primary suspect in the gruesome killing of 15-year old Cebu teenager Christine Lee Silawan is now in police custody. The suspect, Jonas Bueno, was arrested by policemen in Davao City. Before this, police tracker teams have been scouring Sogod town in Cebu where informants say Bueno was last seen as of 6 p.m. of March 12. Bueno, along with brothers Junry and Jovy, had been also involved in the brutal killing […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of 16-year-old Christine Silawan. Guevarra gave the order in Department Order No. 117 dated March 15. In ordering the NBI to also conduct a case build-up, Guevarra cited Republic Act No. 10867 or the NBI Reorganization and Modernization Act, which gives him the authority to do the same “when public interest so requires.” “Further, (NBI) Director (Dante) […]
(Eagle News)–The reward for any information leading to the arrest of the killers of Christine Silawan has reached P2 million. This was after Presidential Assistant to the Visayas Michael Diño and Philpost chair Norman Fulgencio pledged to shell out P100,000 each for the bounty. Earlier, the Lapu Lapu government pledged P1 million; a foreign national based in Leyte P500,000; the Cebu Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children P200,000; and the Police Regional Advisory Council […]
(Eagle News)—The 16-year-old girl who was found dead in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday, March 11, probably knew her killer. This is according to Police Colonel Lemuel Obon, chief of the Lapu-Lapu police, who gave an interview over GMA’s Unang Balita on Thursday, March 14. “I think so kasi may nakuha kamin na exchange of messages na meron siyang kakatagpuin,” Obon said when asked. So far, Obon said the police were […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, March 13, expressed outrage over the killing of a 16-year-old student in Cebu. Duterte made known how he felt about the killing of Christine Silawan, who was stabbed multiple times and whose head had been skinned, in a speech during a campaign rally in Cauayan, Isabela. “Pero ngayon kita mo naman bata, ni-rape…rape-in yung five-year-old na bata ng pari, [at] kahapon may pinatay ang mga pu***g *na niya binalatan […]
(Eagle News)—The Cebu chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has offered legal assistance in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the slay of a Grade 9 Cebu student. The provincial chapter made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, March 13. “We as a society must at all times be vigilant against all dangers to our children,” IBP Cebu said, as it called the slay of Christine Silawan a “pure act of evil.” […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Human Rights has condemned the brutal slay of a 16-year-old student in Cebu. “No one deserves to suffer from such violence, especially that the victim is an innocent child,” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement released hours after the body of Christine Silawan was found in a vacant lot in Lapu Lapu. According to the police, her head had been skinned, exposing her skull, and there were signs […]
