Resort logbook provides lead in hunt for fratmen in Reglos hazing

A guard’s logbook at an Antipolo City resort may be a key in tracking down fraternity leaders allegedly responsible for the death of San Beda College law student Marvin Reglos.

The logbook contains the plate numbers of the vehicles that went inside the resort when it was rented over the weekend for the initiation rites of Lambda Rho Beta fraternity, a group composed mostly of lawyers and law students.

“We are now tracking down the owners of the vehicles. There are at least six in the logbook,” Chief Inspector Zaldy Aquino, deputy head of the Antipolo police, told the Inquirer on Wednesday.

An economics graduate at the University of Santo Tomas and a freshman law student of San Beda College, Reglos, 25, succumbed to injuries and was declared dead on arrival at Unciano Medical Center, where he was brought by a group of men in a red Honda City (WMF-174) on Sunday.

Two law students from San Sebastian College—Eric Castillo, 28, and Bodjie Yap, 24—were later arrested at the hospital. They aroused suspicions when they inquired hastily about Reglos’s condition.

Police said they are tracking down at least 17 more men believed to be involved in the hazing.

Recovered from Castillo and Yap were mobile phones and identification cards showing their membership in Lambda Rho Beta.

“Who are its officers? We still have to check if the organization is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission,” Aquino said.

Two other suspects, Arjay Gregena and Jufali Abdula, were identified through the text messages sent to Castillo and Yap’s phones, which ordered them to remain tightlipped on the “initiation” rites.

So far, the officer said, “Bodjie has told us that he was a housemate of the victim in a boarding house in Manila.”

“Please respect our rights,” Castillo said when the Inquirer tried to get an interview.

Reglos’ remains will be taken to his hometown in Burgos, Isabela, after a Mass at San Beda College and a second autopsy at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters, according to the victim’s cousin, Jobhelaine Asuncion.

Reglos worked as an instructor at the University of La Salette in Isabela for a year before starting his law studies in San Beda, the Inquirer learned.