Woman taken while on phone with boyfriend, found dead

A woman was found dead by the brush on the roadside of the East Service Road in Sucat, Parañaque.

According to Nico Waje's report on "24 Oras", Aira Garcia was found dead, wounded, and stripped of her pants.

Her boyfriend Virgilio Esguerra said they were talking on the phone when he suddenly heard Garcia scream for help.

“Sabi niya, ‘Tulong, tulong’. Nag-ano na po ako ta's may narinig po akong kaluskos pababa... May kumaluskos na dahon,” Esguerra said.

(She said, 'Help, help'. I heard something going down, rustling. I heard rustling leaves.)

Esguerra said he immediately called Garcia’s sister and they immediately sought help from the barangay.

He said Garcia might be on the East Service Road based on what he heard from the cellphone.

“Sabi niya sa Sucat siya bumaba. Narinig ko sa [cellphone] walang nagsasalita pero narinig ko yung paligid sa cellphone yung mga daan ng sasakyan at saka yung paglaglag parang ganun po,” Esguerra said.

(She said she went down in Sucat. I heard on the cellphone no one was talking, but I heard the surroundings on the cellphone, the roads were cars passing by.)

The barangay officials went to the area and found the victim.

“Wala ng saplot ang pambaba at mayroong mga sugat po at duguan ang kanyang mukha. Noong pinacheck po natin sa ating rescue team, negative pulse, negative breathing na po,” Barangay Kagawad Jeramel Mendoza said.

(She had no undergarment and there were wounds on her face. When we checked with our rescue team, she had a negative pulse and negative breathing.)

According to the Muntinlupa Police, they already have a person of interest based on Garcia’s friends and relatives, the suspect seemed to know the victim's route.

“It was found out na mayroon diyan isa na kumbaga nag-istalk sa kanya. Mayroon siyang post doon eh. Parang hindi naman siya matatawag na bahay dahil parang informal settler siya doon na kung saan kabisado niya yung hahatakin niya pababa ‘yung biktima at kung saan niya dadalhin,” P/Col. Angel Garcillano, chief of police of Muntinlupa City, said.

(It was found out that there was someone there who seemed to be stalking her. He has a post there. He was like an informal settler where he knew where he was going to drag down the victim and where he's going to take it.)

Authorities continue to investigate and determine if the victim was allegedly raped before being killed. —Richa Noriega/NB, GMA News