Police eye ex-husband, his girlfriend in slay of bank teller in Angeles City

The estranged husband of Tania Camille Dee, the Angeles City bank teller who was found dead a week after she disappeared, is a suspect in her killing along with his current girlfriend, authorities said.

In an interview with QRT on Monday, Pampanga Criminal Investigation and Detection Team Chief Inspector Ferdinand Aguilar said that evidence, particularly CCTV footage from the Japanese restaurant where they met on June 20, could link Dee's ex-husband, Fidel Sheldon Arcenas, to the crime.

"Isa lang po ito sa circumstancial evidence na maaaring mag-link po na itong si Fidel ay maaaring may link po sa pagkawala ni Tania," Aguilar said.

Arcenas and Dee had been separated for six years, a report on QRT said. They got married in 2007 and stayed together for two years. They had two children.

Dee's remains were found in the backyard of a house in Barangay Balibago on Sunday morning, a week after she went missing.

According to a QRT report, Dee was shot in the back of the head, with the bullet going through her face. Investigation showed she was killed last Wednesday or Thursday.

Aguilar added that the mother of Arcenas' girlfriend Angela came to the police herself last Saturday, saying her daughter's "unusual" behavior made her suspect that something may have happened in the vacant house.

Angela's mother said she lent the house to her daughter and Arcenas in April, and she only got the key back recently.

"'Yun po ang naging lead namin para pumunta dito sa bahay na 'to at with her authority, pinayagan niya po kaming mag-search dito at natagpuan po namin 'yung bangkay ni Tania dito," Aguilar said.

With this development, the police are also looking into Angela's possible involvement in the crime.

"Yes, hindi po namin siya maiiwasang ituring na hindi siya walang kinalaman dito, dahil silang dalawa po ni Fidel ay may mga nagsasabi base sa imbestigasyon po namin ay magkasama sila," he said.

He added that while Angela was not seen in the restaurant's CCTV footage, the ongoing investigation points to the possibility she was in the car at the time.

Aguilar said that Arcenas has not sent any feelers to surface or surrender, but that he asked the two to appear before authorities while the investigation is ongoing.

"Habang tumatakbo 'yung investigation, pumunta na sila sa opisina at magbigay na sila ng kanilang panig nang sa gayon ay malinis na 'yung kanilang pangalan," Aguilar said. — Rose-An Jessica Dioquino/BM, GMA News