Probers found it hard to establish the motive in the killing of Ma. Elena A. Cordeta, an employee of the Home Development Mutual Fund, who was shot dead 45 minutes after she left her office.
Investigators said the killer did not touch Cordeta’s belongings inside her brown bag that contained her eyeglasses, two cell phones, and a wallet with her identification and automated teller machine cards, and P26,870 in cash.
The police report said Cordeta was on her way home when, upon reaching a waiting shed, a man wearing a black jacket and yellow helmet shot her several times. The killer then left on a motorcycle.
Scene-of-crime-operatives recovered eight spent cartridges and two deformed slugs, which they theorized came from a .45-caliber pistol. The evidence were turned over to the police for ballistic examination.