Suitcase left on Makati street yields woman’s corpse

MANILA, Philippines–The body of a woman believed to be dead for about a week now was found in a suitcase abandoned at the corner of Fermina Street corner Jacobo in Barangay  Poblacion, Makati City, early Friday morning.

Poblacion resident Virginia Flores told police that she spotted the suitcase as she was taking a walk, and immediately notified the village watchman, Angelito Villar, about her find.

Makati Police Sub-Station 6 commander Chief Insp. Carlo Caceres said footage taken by  a closed circuit television  (CCTV) camera from a shop nearby  showed two women alighting from a cab and dragging a suitcase   that they dumped on a  street corner around 4 a.m.

The police officer said  the  women casually walked away from the scene after leaving the bag behind.

Caceres said that when Villar opened the suitcase, he found the decomposing body   wrapped in plastic and covered with a bed sheet.

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Police investigators  noted that they found a baggage tag with a name and a telephone number on it,  but did not get any answer when they tried to call  the number.

Caceres said they  are checking the CCTV footage of the incident to determine the identity of the two women who dumped the body.

He added that they are yet to determine the victim’s identity as well as the motive behind  the killing.