Bulacan massacre victims laid to rest day after Duterte wake visit

The five victims of the June 27 massacre in San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan were laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon, according to GMA News reporter Mariz Umali.

Bulacan Massacre victims now laid to rest here at Citrus Public Cemetery @gmanews pic.twitter.com/oXFfTqKh6u

— Mariz Umali (@marizumali) July 5, 2017

Auring Dizon, 58; wife Estrella Dizon, 28; and children Donnie, 11; Ella, 7 and Dexter Jr. were taken to the Citrus Public Cemetery after a requiem mass at the St. Joseph Church, where widowed father Dexter Carlos grieved their deaths.

Carlos witnessed his family being sealed away a week after he found them lifeless at their home in North Ridge Royal Subdivision.

Though grieving and lost, he said the quest for justice for his family will keep him going for now.

President Rodrigo Duterte and PNP Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa paid their respects to the Carlos family on Tuesday and promised the widower that police will help resolve the crime.

Pres. Duterte arrives at the wake of the victims of a massacre in Bulacan pic.twitter.com/Gin2JIAbOb

— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) July 4, 2017

San Jose del Monte City Mayor Arthur Robes and San Jose del Monte Representative Florida Robes offered to pay for all of the Carlos family's funeral expenses a week ago. — Rie Takumi/MDM, GMA News