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Mystery shrouds slay of Imee Marcos by addicts
By Teddy Molina

LAOAG CITY – The mystery on the killing of Imee Leah Marcos, who was stabbed 26 times by suspected drug addicts recently is getting deeper.

The 15-year-old girl was buried Aug. 16 with her family at a loss if they could get justice for her as she was not autopsied as police earlier said she would

Fernando Marcos, Imee Leah’s father said the planned autopsy of her body before her burial at the Aglipayan cemetery here did not materialize.

The other victim in the killing, Christine Joy Barroga, 18, was buried Wednesday. She sustained six stab wounds.

Marcos said four police investigators visited him last week and asked him if he would agree to an autopsy, to which he gave his approval.

“Diak ammo no apay (I don’t know why the autopsy was not held),” he said, adding that he is not aware of the progress of the investigation.

Barroga’s parents, on the other hand, reportedly did not agree to their daughter’s autopsy.
The two teenagers were found dead on the banks of Padsan River in Barangays Uno and La Paz last Aug. 2.

A witness told investigators that he saw them in the company of a group having fun along the riverbank in Barangay Uno the night before their bodies were found.
Broken bottles of a local gin brand were found at the crime scene, along with a trail of blood from a dike to the riverbank.

Police picked up four young men for questioning but later released them.
Senior Supt. Sterling Blanco, Laoag police chief, refused to identify the four men pending investigation.


Top most wanted nabbed in Laoag
LAOAG CITY- A fugitive, tagged by the police as “top most wanted person,” was arrested in Camanggan here last week.

Supt. Sterling Blanco, chief of police here, said George San Agustin, 30 of barangay 54-B, Camanggan was arrested by his men for carrying a Turkish made shotgun Ga12, Akkar with five bullts outside his house.

Blanco said Agustin is also facing violation of R.A. 9165 or illegal sale of volume of illegal drugs, which is non-bailable.

Blanco said the neutralization of the most wanted persons in the city is one of his top priorities right after assuming the top police post here last month.

Prior to his designation here, Blanco had served as intelligence officers for almost 10 years in Abra and La Union before he was designated as officer in charge of the Regional Intelligence Division in Camp Gen. Oscar Florendo, San Fernando City, La Union, headquarters of the PNP in Region 1. – Mar T. Supnad