POLICE DECLARED as solved the gruesome murder of 16-year old Christine Silawan whose face was skinned to the bone in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province following the arrest of her teenage boyfriend.
But two other accomplices were being hunted down by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) which is now the lead agency handling the case, according to national police spokesman Col. Bernard Banac.
Police were also helping the NBI. “There are two other suspects. This is why the PNP continue to extend support to the NBI. We are ready to provide all records to the NBI Regional Office 7 and we expect that this will yield results as soon as possible. As for now, the murder case is solved but not yet closed,” Banac said.
The suspect was arrested following after footage from security cameras showed the 17-year old together with Silawan before she was brutally killed which the NBI said is a “crime of passion.”
“It is because of the suspect’s ties with the victim. There is extreme anger or jealousy as far as the suspect’s ties with victim is concerned. However, our investigation team won’t stop until we uncover the truth,” Banac said.
The NBI has filed criminal charges against the prime suspect in Lapu-Lapu and being a teenager, he was turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Silayan was murdered in the village of Bangkal in Lapu-Lapu. She was stabbed many times and her oesophagus, tongue and trachea were removed, according to the authorities. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
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