The body of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman, who was last seen with the overseas Filipino worker’s slain son Carl Arnaiz, was stabbed 31 times and was most likely to be killed just recently, according to the initial physical examination conducted.
Supt. Peter Madria, police chief of Gapan City in Nueva Ecija where de Guzman was found on September 6, told CNN Philippines in a telephone interview that the Grade 5 student had not been dead for long based on the examination.
He also confirmed the boy sustained 31 stab wounds in all.
The body of De Guzman – body with multiple stab wounds, face covered with masking tape, and wearing only a red orange shorts – was recovered in Kabayo Creek, Gapan City, Nueva Ecija on the morning of September 6. His father, Eduardo de Guzman, confirmed that it is his lost son.
Gapan police investigators are still learning how de Guzman, a resident of Cainta, Rizal, ended up in Nueva Ecija.
Photo credit: Interaksyon
Arnaiz was shot dead by two Caloocan police officers after he allegedly robbed a taxi driver named Tomas Bagcal in Caloocan City on August 18.
Arnaiz’s family searched for him for 10 days before finding out that his body is in a morgue.
Police authorities said Arnaiz fought them back. His family, however, refutes their narrative and claimed that Arnaiz went out to buy midnight snacks.
An investigation conducted by the Public Attorney’s Office shows that he was tortured before killed on the ground.
SOURCE: Interaksyon
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The 14-year-old companion of overseas Filipino worker’s slain son Carl Angelo Arnaiz, who went missing since August 17, was found dead in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on September 6.
In a tweet by GMA News reporter Saleema Refran, Reynaldo De Guzman, who was known to his friends and family as Kulot, received 30 stab wounds on his body.
He was last seen with Arnaiz on the night the latter was killed in Caloocan by policemen for allegedly robbing a taxi along C-3 Road in Caloocan City.
Bangkay ni Reynaldo de Guzman, natagpuan sa isang punerarya sa Gapan, ayon sa ama nito. | via @Jasmin_Romero pic.twitter.com/IUOwrPOC1c
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 6, 2017
One of his friends said De Guzman came to the the store as they were about to go home and joined Arnaiz because he doesn’t want to go home yet.
De Guzman’s mother Linda Gabriel has been going around police stations, social welfare department officers, and funeral parlors in Cainta, Antipolo, and Caloocan City in search for her son.
De Guzman was a Grade 5 student in Maybunga Elementary School in Pasig City.
Photo credit: DZMM
Duterte meets parents of Carl Arnaiz; vows impartial probe
President Rodrigo Duterte promised to bring justice for the Dubai-based overseas Filipino worker’s slain son Carl Angelo Arnaiz by assuring that no abusive cops would be tolerated.
Duterte assured 19-year-old Arnaiz’s parents after he met them in Malacanang on September 6.
“Ang sinabi ko naman talaga, we will protect the soldiers and policemen, no doubt. But always, there has to be the element of performance of duty, and you don’t kill defenseless persons,” he said in a speech at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Social Security System in Quezon City.
“I’m sorry but I will pursue the cases against the police and, if need be, they should go to jail. Wala ako inutos na patayin mo ang bata and even the enemy on bended knees,” he added.
The president also clarified despite encouraging police to have a strong take on war against drugs, it doesn’t necessarily mean killing innocent civilians has become government policy.
Duterte ordered Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to “take over” Arnaiz’s case.
The administration faced public outrage over the killings of Arnaiz, Kian Loyd Delos Santos, and recently, Reynaldo de Guzman on separate incidents.
Arnaiz was killed in a shootout after he allegedly robbed a taxi driver along C-3 road in Caloocan City on August 17 while Delos Santos was shot dead after allegedly fighting cops during a drug raid on August 16.
Recently, De Guzman, Arnaiz’s 14-year-old companion, was found dead in Nueva Ecija on September 6 with 30 stab wounds.
Public Attorney’s Office said in their latest investigation that Arnaiz and Delos Santos were tortured and shot while they are on the ground.
Earlier, Duterte met with Delos Santos’ parents and vowed justice and fast action in resolving their son’s case. (Source: ABS-CBN News/ Photo credit: Department of Justice)
