Manhunt on for hotel employee slay suspect

The suspect in the killing of a 20-year-old hotel employee, reported as a call-center agent earlier, has been identified and is now the  subject of a manhunt.

Police Officer 2 Rodel Binetez, of the Manila Police District homicide section, named  the suspect as Melvin Balajadia, 24, an alleged  member of  the Sigue-Sigue Sputnik Gang and a  resident of  Sta. Cruz, Manila.

Balajadia was positively identified by witnesses as the one who shot and killed Khristine Dawn Concepcion, an employee of Intercontinental Hotel, through a photograph in the police rogue gallery.

Binetez said  the suspect’s identity and home address were traced to his Facebook account.

He added that the suspect had pending cases of  pilferage in 2009 and another case of robbery holdup in 2011 in  Manila city courts.

Police said Balajadia’s father  told them that  his son had  failed to come home since Wednesday after the robbery.

Concepcion was shot dead when she refused to give up her cell phone and bag.