A FATHER, his wife, their two children, and the wife’s sister were found dead and burnt inside their residence at Sitio Lower Sumpong, Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City last night at 8 pm.
Bureau of Fire and Protection-10 spokesperson Samson Vilarde identified the victims as Melgene Galpo, 31, his wife Aslyn, 30, and their two sons Yolem, seven, Jolo, four, and Aslyn’s sister, Maggie Epanes, 25.
Photo courtesy of Ailen Joy Basilad-Galpo
It was learned that Maggie had just graduated from a criminology course at Phinma School.
All the victims’ remains were recovered by the responding rescuers in a room of the said house. They were already burnt beyond recognition.
Scene of the Crime Operatives theorized that the victims were killed first before they were burned as indicated in the wounds on their bodies.
A bolo, a knife, an earring, and an empty gallon of gasoline were found by authorities near the burnt residence.
Authorities will also determine whose footmarks and shoe prints they noticed outside the house.
Police also speculated that the suspects might have an extreme hatred towards the Galpo family.
A certain CJ Galpo, brother of Melgene whose house is nearby, said days ago the said family was victimized by a still unidentified culprit.
Taken from them according to the brother were a mobile phone and some amount of money.
For his part, Police City Director Salvador Radam immediately ordered his investigators to dig deeper to identify the suspects.
Meanwhile, City Mayor Rolando Uy, who went to Bollozos Funeral Homes where the bodies were brought, told the victims’ surviving relatives that he would shoulder all the expenses for the victims.
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