Exclusive photos: SOCO processes murder victim on U.P. lot
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A body was found on the sidewalk at the periphery of the University of the Philippines campus
along CP Garcia Avenue by residents and the U.P. Diliman police, logged by U.P. campus security guards at 4am.
The news report was aired on DZMM by ABS-CBN’s Dexter Ganibe at about 6am.
The PNP SOCO (Scene of the Crime Operatives) arrived at the crime scene at about 6:40am and began processing the body and the site.
A SOCO member examining the body said to his colleague that the body bore what appeared to be stab wounds from an ice pick.
As of press time, the male fatality is unidentified and PNP is still investigating the incident.
The sidewalk is right across the Phivolcs building (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) and a few meters from the building of the Commission on Higher Education.
C.P. Garcia Avenue is a national road located outside the U.P. Campus checkpoint but part of the U.P. land area.
(photos by marichu lambino)
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Without prejudice to the filing of complaints/ charges upon a finding of prima facie case for any acts of premeditated killings or killings with treachery, or superior strength, or with armed men, or by weakening the defense of persons to afford impunity (murders, for each count) or homicide if not attended by any of the circumstances constituting murder, the following provisions are also pertinent for the acts of contaminating the crime scene, e.g., one count for each alteration of the evidence, i.e., one count for each firing of the weapons that are evidence or part of the crime scene (each count punishable with six years prison)
PD 1829, Obstruction. “Section 1. The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period, or a fine ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 pesos, or both, shall be imposed upon any person who knowingly or willfully obstructs, impedes, frustrates or delays the apprehension of suspects and the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases by committing any of the following acts:
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“(b) altering, destroying, suppressing or concealing any … object, with intent to impair its verity, authenticity, legibility, availability, or admissibility as evidence in any investigation of or official proceedings in, criminal cases, or to be used in the investigation of, or official proceedings in, criminal cases;
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“(f) making, presenting or using any … object with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to affect the course or outcome of the investigation of, or official proceedings in, criminal cases;
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“(i) giving of false or fabricated information to mislead or prevent the law enforcement agencies from apprehending the offender or from protecting the life or property of the victim; or fabricating information from the data gathered in confidence by investigating authorities for purposes of background information and not for publication and publishing or disseminating the same to mislead the investigator or to the court.
“Section 2. If any of the foregoing acts is committed by a public official or employee, he shall in addition to the penalties provided thereunder, suffer perpetual disqualification from holding public office. xXxx”
