NBI has new witness on the slay of Nida Blanca

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) now has a new witness in the murder of actress Nida Blanca.

According to sources, the new witness, an employee of the Atlanta Center where Blanca was found on Nov. 7, was already subjected to a polygraph test by the NBI yesterday.

Sources added that the new witness could help investigators piece together the "missing" hours of the actress before she was found dead at the sixth floor parking lot of the Atlanta Center Building along Annapolis st. in Greenhills, San Juan.

"The witness could help us reconstruct what happened to Blanca between 5 p.m. of Nov. 6, when she left the MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board) office, and 8 a.m. of Nov. 7, when her body was found," an investigator said.

But investigators refused to comment whether the new witness was also the same one earlier referred to by Justice Secretary Hernando Perez.

NBI sources added that Harriet Demetriou, lawyer for the late actress’ daughter Kay Torres, personally went to the bureau’s office yesterday to talk with the new witness.

Sources also said that Demetriou also reviewed the Nov. 7 police video of the crime scene and conferred with NBI case investigators yesterday.

NBI spokesman Ricardo Diaz told reporters that a review of the police video was a routine part of the investigation.

"We are just taking a second look at the police video to clear some questions in our minds. It’s just a simple standard procedure," Diaz said.

Meanwhile the NBI is now conducting tests on new forensic evidence discovered by the NBI at the murder scene using the newly acquired polilite device.

The polilite is a high-intensity light source based on a 500-watt xenon arc lamp. The infrared light emitted by the device can identify even dried body fluids such as blood, semen and even sweat.

"Of course we assume the evidence belongs to the murderer. It does not seem to be Blanca’s," an investigator said.