00:00The police have arrested several persons of interest in the murder of the couple Geneva Lopez and Yitschek Cohen.
00:08According to the autopsy of the National Bureau of Investigation, the two were shot.
00:15Benjie Durango has the details.
00:21With the help of the people of Barangay Santa Lucia, they accompanied the news team
00:25At the end of the beauty queen's journey, Geneva Lopez and her Israeli fiancé, Yitschek Cohen,
00:30at the end of what seemed to be an endless struggle, we reached the group of the PNP.
00:36Behind this struggle, a hole was found where the bodies of the two were buried,
00:41which was searched for 15 days by her family.
00:44The authorities are now watching this place.
00:47The place used to be quiet, but because of the incident, it is now covered with mud.
00:53The authorities are still thinking about how the celebrities came up with the idea
00:58to throw the bodies of the two in a place where it is very difficult to find.
01:03The smell of rotting bodies was left in the air,
01:05which took a few days to recover before it was discovered.
01:09Even though we are repeating it, it will still go through the autopsy
01:13to confirm their true identities.
01:16In the autopsy report released by the NBI Regional Office 3,
01:19the victims died in the shooting.
01:22The bullets hit Dibdib and Yitschek Lopez,
01:25Dibdib and Cohen.
01:27On June 21, the victims were last seen alive.
01:30According to the relatives, from Angeles City, Pampanga,
01:33the two headed to Kapa Starlak for an ocular inspection of the property,
01:38but Kapa did not make it home.
01:40Their SUV was burned by the authorities on Kuanku Road in Barangay Cristo Rey.
01:45It was already dark when a concerned citizen passed by
01:48who was guarding the vehicle before the firemen responded.
01:52The SUV did not have a driver,
01:54but some documents, pictures, and ATM cards were recovered from the vehicle
01:58proving that Lopez was the owner
02:01with the help of a key witness.
02:03The victims were found inside this quarry site.
02:07We applied for search warrants for the victims, Geneva and Yitschek Cohen.
02:13Several persons of interest were also arrested,
02:15including two former police officers, one alias Jeff,
02:18and two other officers who surrendered to the authorities.
02:21Some of them are still on their list of people who can shed light on the case.
02:26Despite this, they are still looking for evidence to prove the motive of the murder.
02:31We still have no evidence.
02:34We are still investigating.
02:37The family has yet to speak,
02:39but the whole of Pampanga is mourning the tragedy.
02:43Despite the sadness,
02:44the Israel Embassy is also offering condolences to the victims
02:49and thanking the government for the case.
02:52The government also promised to send back the kidnapped children to Israel.
02:57The PNP will not let go until there is an answer to this heinous crime.
03:03From here in Kapastarlak, Benji Durango for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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