Motorcycle rider, 6 others nabbed for murder of woman in Bulacan

HAGONOY, Bulacan – An 18-year-old motorcycle rider and six tricycle passengers were arrested on Wednesday (Oct. 31) for allegedly killing a woman along a road here with rocks over a supposed traffic altercation on Sunday morning (Oct. 28).

But the police said there was no evidence this was a case of road rage and charged the seven men for murdering Malou Victorino, 42, who was in the front passenger seat of their family’s Mitsubishi Adventure that the suspects attacked.

Ezekiel Caparaz, 18, allegedly blocked the vehicle driven by Victorino’s husband with his motorcycle at 2 a.m. on Sunday along San Austin Road and proceeded to smash the Adventure’s windshield and side window, striking Victorino in the head.

He was allegedly joined in the attack by Bryan Balatbat, Dario Dela Cruz, Jose Bernabe, Jeffrey De Leon, Rommel Nabong and Albert Martin, who drove up in two tricycles.

Victorino was rushed by her husband to the Sacred Heart Hospital in the City of Malolos and was later transferred to Quezon City General Hospital, where she died.

Chief Supt. Satur Ediong, Hagonoy police chief, said the police rounded up the suspects on Wednesday.

Caparaz had claimed that the Adventure almost struck his motorcycle, prompting him to retaliate.

But Ediong said security footage in the area did not reveal any mishap prior to the attack. The police charged the seven men for murder.

The Victorino couple came from a relative’s wake in Barangay (village) San Nicolas and were heading home to Taguig City when they were waylaid./lb