Mutilated body of COA auditor found in Batangas

BATANGAS CITY – The mutilated body of a 64-year-old auditor of the Commission on Audit (COA) assigned at Manila City Hall was found stuffed in a suitcase in a grassy lot in Tanauan City last Friday afternoon, police said.

Superintendent Francisco Rodriguez, Tanauan police chief, said patrolling barangay tanods found the mutilated and charred remains of Rodolfo Gamboa, a resident of Sto. Tomas, Batangas, in Barangay Sulpoc.

Relatives identified Gamboa, while the police found his car abandoned in Barangay Santiago a few hours after his body was discovered.