Slain policewoman, son laid to rest

Slain Police Senior Master Sergeant Diane Marie Mollenido and her eight-year-old son, John Ysmael, were laid to rest at Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig City on Thursday, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

Before their inurnment at the memorial park, NCRPO spokesperson Police Major Hazel Asilo said a memorial mass was held at St. Joseph Parish inside Camp Bagong Diwa.

The policewoman worked for the NCRPO’s Regional Personnel and Record Management Section.

On January 24, Diane’s body was found along Pulilan Bypass Road in Barangay Dulong Malabon, Pulilan, Bulacan, where she was found with a gunshot wound to the head.

Five days later, on January 29, Ysmael’s body was found at a calamansi farm along a farm-to-market road in Barangay Maluid, Victoria, Tarlac.

The two were killed following a botched car sale transaction in Quezon City on January 16, according to the police.

A complaint for two counts of robbery with homicide and theft has been filed with the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against three suspects, including a car agent, her partner, and an accomplice.

Another female suspect, the sister of the car agent’s husband, recently surrendered to authorities and is set to be referred to the Prosecutor’s Office for inquest proceedings.

A complaint for obstruction of justice has been filed against Diane’s ex-husband and Ysmael’s father, Police Senior Master Sergeant John Mollenido. He is currently under restrictive custody and is set to face corresponding administrative cases. —VAL, GMA Integrated News