3 suspects arrested in Quezon City over killing of policewoman, son

Law enforcers arrested three suspects in a residential area in Novaliches, Quezon City, in relation to the killing of Police Senior Master Sergeant Diane Marie Mollenido and her eight-year-old son, John Ysmael.

Video footage shared by GMA Integrated News' James Agustin showed authorities entering a gated area and later reading Miranda rights to the collared individuals. The video was taken on Friday evening, January 30.

Agustin reported that Mollenido's cellphone was recovered from one of the suspects.

The report added that the sport utility vehicle (SUV) which was believed to have been used to transport the victims' bodies was found in Pampanga.

On January 24, Mollenido, 38, was found dead in a creek in Pulilan, Bulacan with a gunshot wound to the head. Five days later, her eight-year-old son, John Ysmael, was found at a calamansi farm in Victoria, Tarlac.

His father, Police Senior Master Sergeant John Mollenido, positively identified the boy’s body.

Police said Ysmael died due to asphyxia by suffocation.

A separate report early Saturday morning said authorities apprehended a car agent identified as a person of interest in the case involving the deaths of Mollenido and her son.

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Police Major General Anthony Aberin said the car agent and her husband, a dismissed police officer, were arrested in Quezon City.

Mollenido's vehicle found

As this developed, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said the Regional Highway Patrol Unit Cordillera Administrative Region recovered Mollenido's vehicle in Baguio City.

The vehicle was stolen by a couple who were nabbed on Friday night.

According to a report by GMA Integrated News' John Consulta, Mollenido and her son were in the vehicle, which was about to be sold by the policewoman. 

The suspects allegedly sold the vehicle for P450,000. — Jamil Santos/ VDV, GMA Integrated News