By Ronron
May 13, 2005
Police investigators are already closing in on the alleged killer of Aurora local daily publisher-editor Philip Agustin three days past the commission of the crime.
“Before night time today (Friday) until tomorrow, the investigation report might already by completed,” Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Arturo Lomibao told reporters yesterday at Camp Crame, Quezon City.
While Lomibao refused to identify the suspects, a separate police report from the Region III Police revealed the names of the suspected assailants who are now being traced.
They were identified as Boyet Morete, a known gun-for-hire, and Anuel Alday, an alleged municipal employee of Dingalan, Aurora.
“The suspects were seen using two motorcycles at their staging point at PONGS Videoke in Dingalan prior to their approach on the target (Agustin), wherein they pre-positioned themselves as early as 9pm (of May 10),” Region III Police Chief Investigator Supt. Pierre Bucsit said in his report yesterday.
Agustin, who is connected with Starline Times Recorder, was shot dead at around 11:45 pm last Wednesday at the house of his daughter in Barangay Paltik, Dingalan, Aurora.
Some neighbors “accounted the identity and action of the suspects,” Bucsit noted.
Morete is said to be responsible for the killing of a certain PO3 Pelaez in 1993 but the case was amicably settled. He was also the primary suspect in the killing of Private First Class Edwin Baldana at Dingalan on November 12, 2003.
Police investigators are eyeing two possible motives in the murder of Agustin. First is retaliation because of his hard-hitting criticisms against the local government of Dingalan. The other one is on his alleged involvement in the sale of parcels of land that does not belong to him./DMS
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