Police identified the victims as Alfredo Subido, 42, a carpenter; Sixto Subido, 75; Fulgencia Subido, 71; and Teresa Subido, 43, and a certain Selsa, the stay-in househelp.
PO2 Joseph Dio, officer-on-case, said operatives of the Central Police District-Criminal Investigation Unit (CPD-CIU) initially received at around 7 p.m. a report about the discovery of a body of a male by a certain Norman Mansuela, of 19-B T. Benitez street, Barangay West Triangle.
Later, police investigators learned that the body of the man was that of Alfredo’s. He was discovered in the living room of his apartment unit on Benitez street, sprawled on the floor, lying in a pool of blood.
In a follow-up operation three hours later, the CPD-CIU sought the assistance of Alfredo’s relatives, who lived in the adjacent apartment unit. Instead of getting answers, the case became more baffling as four more bodies were found, those of Sixto, Fulgencia, Teresa and Selsa.
Cursory examination on the dead bodies by members of the Scene of the Crime Operations (SOCO) team revealed that all victims had their throats cut. Some of them sustained multiple stab wounds in various parts of their bodies.
Initial information gathered by investigators revealed that hours before the bodies were found, several neighbors allegedly heard shouting coming from Subido’s apartment unit. The occupants were arguing, the neighbors said.
Authorities have invited other relatives of the victims to shed light on the incident as the angle of a dispute over ancestral lands in Pangasinan is being looked into.