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Ric Maulion

THE  cold-blooded murder of Dr. Ricardo Rotoras on Dec. 2, 2017 raises many questions. It’s a mystery and the case is like the ones in Agatha Christie’s novels just like the 1935 classic “Murder on the Orient Express” that was adapted into a movie in 1974. It starred Albert Finney, Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman and  Jacqueline Bisset, among others. The film was acknowledged as one of the best thrillers shown in theaters worldwide.

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Christie’s formula was her  treatment of each passenger as a suspect. Absolutely, there was no exemption.  From there, a meticulous investigation happened to determine the extent of participation of each suspect. One by one, each suspect was dropped from the list until the last one, who turned out to be the culprit.

That makes Christie one of the world’s best-selling authors of all time, and everybody’s favorite. Incidentally, the 2017 remake of the movie would be shown in theaters soon.

Now back to the Rotoras case.

It has become clear that there was more than one killer involved in  that dastardly act.

So far, I understand that a task force was organized and the the National Bureau of Investigation is leading the group composed of the city police, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Camp Alagar. Hopefully, they would give justice to the slain University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines president.

Would they do a Hercule Poirot  in bringing bringing the culprit/s to court? This is a tall order but it is hoped that given the cooperation of all stakeholders who are now pooling their resources, the long arm of the law would finally get the assailants and the perceived mastermind. They should not leave any stone unturned until dots are connected and the mastermind pinned down.

A P2-million reward has been offered for information that could lead to the arrest of suspects in this gruesome murder.

There are some persistent questions.

Why was there a breach of security measures in the subdivision? It is an avowed responsibility of the subdivision’s security personnel to secure, and ensure the safety of all homeowners.

Whatever happened to that wooden ladder that was found? It suggested that there was no effort whatsoever from the guard/s on duty to do the rounds. Obviously, this was used as point of entry and exit of the killers.

There were reports that there were people who acted suspiciously seen near the concrete fence earlier and yet nothing was done to confront or drive them away from the subdivision’s perimeter.

Six empty shells were found at the crime scene. This didn’t reconcile  with  the eight  victim’s eight wounds.

If this can happen to a ranking official of the government right in front of his house, whatthen it can happen to anyone.

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