Missing child of slain policewoman found dead in Tarlac

The missing child of the policewoman who was found dead in Pulilan, Bulacan last Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 was found dead in Victoria, Tarlac, according to the report of GMA Integrated News' Bea Pinlac.

Authorities received information that a body had been found in Barangay Maluid in Victoria on Thursday afternoon.

But it is not yet certain whether this is the missing child of Police Senior Master Sergeant Diane Marie Mollenido, who was found dead in Victoria, Tarlac.

Mollenido's body was first found in a creek along the Pulilan-Baliuag Bypass Road in Barangay Dulong Malabon in Pulilan on January 24, with a gunshot wound to the head.

On Thursday evening, Pinlac reported that Victoria Chief of Police Major Marty Calara announced that Police Senior Master Sergeant John Mollenido, Mollenido's ex-husband, had confirmed that the body found was their child.

The investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause of the victim's death.

GMA Integrated News' Marisol Abdurahman reported on "24 Oras" on Thursday that John said he understands that he is among the police's persons of interest in the case.

“Kasi ‘yun nga, dati kong asawa. May mga bagay na di namin napagkakaunawaan. Naawa ako kasi doon sa sinapit niya, di naman niya deserve yung ganung ano,” Police Senior Master Sergeant John Mollenido said.

(Because, well, she’s my former wife. There were misunderstandings between us. I feel sorry for what happened to her. She didn't deserve that.)

Meanwhile, a car sales agent is now a person of interest in the death of the policewoman who was reported missing before being found dead in Bulacan.

According to Abdurahman's report, the police are looking at different angles on the motive behind the crime.

“Since nagkaroon ng transaction, tinitingnan natin ang anggulo na dahil po ito sa pera,” Southern Police District spokesperson Lieutenant Margaret Panaga.

(Since a transaction took place, we are looking at the angle involving money.)

The police found that the agent is a godchild of the victim. 

“Inaanak ng victim sa kasal ‘tong agent po. ‘Yung trust po nandoon since kakilala po ni victim ‘tong si agent, siya po naging middle man sa pagbebenta ng sasakyan nila,” said Panaga.

(This agent is the victim's godchild from a wedding. The trust was there since the victim knew this agent, who acted as the middleman in the sale of the vehicle.)

The agent is now missing, but authorities on Wednesday entered his house in Quezon City, where the police officer was last seen alive, by virtue of a search warrant. 

The blood traces found in the house will be compared to the blood of the victim. 

“For confirmatory pa po ‘yun kung ito po ay human blood. Ima-match po sa DNA ng victim,” said Panaga. — BAP, GMA Integrated News