CEBU, Philippines - The pregnant woman shot dead by her 16 year old son will be laid to rest on Monday along with her 5-year-old daughter who suffered the same fate in the hands of her half-brother.
They shall be buried on Monday whether the pregnant Virgindina’s husband, Raul Bantilan, will arrive or not.
Natividad Francia, a relative of the victims, told The FREEMAN, that her sibling was only instructed by Raul to bury the remains of his loved ones on Sunday or Monday even if he could not see them for the last time.
“Mao ra man na iyang instruction gihatag sa text,” Francia said.
In a text message sent by Raul to his sister-in-law Cleofe Tampus, he said that the vessel he was on had stopped over in Doha, Qatar and he will be delayed in coming home.
But Francia said a representative from St. Peter Funeral Homes claimed they would proceed with the burial on Monday because they do not report for office work on Sunday.
The relatives are still in the process of planning where to lay the victims’ remains, either in Olive Hills or Legacy, both located in Barangay Poblacion West.
The requiem mass will be held at the Naga Parish Church in Barangay Poblacion at 1:00 in the afternoon.
Charges for special complex crime of robbery with homicide was already filed on Wednesday against the 16-year-old boy and Bryant Pansoy, 19, both accused of killing the minor’s pregnant mother and her five-year-old daughter in Barangay Naalad, Naga City on September 9.
The case was filed before the Naga City Prosecutor’s Office.
Both were found to have had the intention of robbing the Virgindina before the killing happened.
The minor reportedly killed his mother and younger stepsister after Virgindina refused to give him money to buy liquor. He reportedly pistol-whipped his mother, who was lying on a bamboo chair, hitting her on the head before grabbing a knife and stabbing her repeatedly.
He then grabbed and stabbed his younger half-sister upon noticing that she was about to shout before shooting her in the head. The bloodstained gun, a .357 cal. revolver, was later recovered in the house of Pansoy. - (THE FREEMAN)