4 Durolfo suspects on BI lookout list

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The Bureau Immigration (BI) has issued a lookout order for the four suspects in the murder of hotel assistant manager Edgel Joy Durolfo who died in the hospital after taking an ecstasy pill last month.

Placed on the lookout list, according to BI spokesperson Nikki Reyes, were the victim’s fiancé and live-in partner Rodney Ynchausti and their friends Paulo Egoc, Molo Hwang and Josiebell Lim Uy.

“We received a memorandum from the Secretary of Justice directing [the] BI to include the aforementioned persons in the Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order,” Reyes said.

A lookout bulletin order does not restrict people from leaving the country. However, those on the list are required to get a certification from the National Prosecution Service of the Department of Justice or the court before they can travel abroad.

Murder charges were filed last week by the police against the four suspects who were with Durolfo hours before the 26-year-old Solaire Resort and Casino assistant manager died after a drug-fueled get-together at the hotel in Parañaque City.

According to Parañaque police chief Senior Supt. Ariel Andrade, the suspects have yet to show up at the police station to air their side. They have, however, given statements to hotel security personnel who are conducting their own investigation into Durolfo’s death.

Andrade said that the results of the toxicology exam on the victim have also yet to be released by Scene of the Crime Operatives.

The autopsy results released by the Southern Police District’s Crime Laboratory  said that the victim’s death was due to “asphyxia by manual strangulation.”

It also said that the victim had suffered contusions and hematoma, possibly due to a blunt instrument or an object with sharp edges.

Durolfo died on Feb. 26 at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, hours after she was brought there by Ynchausti. Based on his statement to Solaire security investigators, Ynchausti said that they had checked earlier into the hotel where they all took ecstasy pills.

Ynchausti claimed that Durolfo later had difficulty breathing, prompting them to take her to the hotel clinic where a doctor advised them to bring her to the hospital.