‘Salvage’ victim identified by sister
The tattoos on the body of a man who was killed and placed inside a drum led to the victim’s identification. More than a week after the body was found in Pasay City, the older sister of Armin Jocobo, a resident of Zamora Street in Pandacan, Manila, identified the victim through the tattoos on his leg. Lea Mallari told Pasay City police investigators that she was watching a news program on Wednesday night when photos of the victim were flashed. “I saw the tattoos on the arms and legs and remembered that the names ‘Mario Alexis’ and ‘Allan Junior’ were tattooed on my brother,” she said. According to her, she never looked for her brother whose body was found on January 11 because she thought all the while that he was just staying with a friend on M. de la Cruz in Pasay City. “He told me that he was going to Pasay City to visit a friend,” Mallari said. Jocobo had been stabbed to death.—Jeannette I. Andrade
Man shot dead
A man was shot dead early Thursday morning just a few meters away from his house in Las Piñas City. The police said that 32-year-old Marvin Limbaga died of gunshot wounds in the head. The killing was reported by his live-in partner, Rose Marcos. Police reports showed that Limbaga was coming home from a drinking session with friends at 5:05 a.m. when he was shot just a few meters away from their house on Real Street, Pulang Lupa 1. The gunman has yet to be identified.—Nathaniel R. Melican