00:00The two children were found dead in a parked car in Angeles City, Pampanga.
00:12This March, the two children were found dead after being trapped in a car in Angeles City, Pampanga.
00:20The two children were taken to the hospital in Pampanga where they were found dead in a car.
00:27Less than four months later,
00:30the two children were found dead after being trapped in a broken car in Santo Tomas, Pampanga.
00:39Their face was so black, they were so fat that it looked like their body was going to explode.
00:44They struggled for almost one to two hours before they were completely suffocated.
00:54Children and parents, how can this case be ignored?
01:01Children are so clumsy, they don't know where to wear their clothes.
01:07Parents, please take good care of them.
01:11On the afternoon of July 6, the last time Ruth talked to her,
01:16her children, James and Joshua, 6 and 5 years old, did not have a real name.
01:23I was taking a bath then.
01:25They told me to go out first.
01:27We will play outside.
01:29I agreed.
01:30But at night, the siblings did not go home.
01:33I was driving around here.
01:35I was just riding my motorcycle.
01:36They were not there.
01:37I thought his father took them.
01:38Because if they are not here, he is the only one who comes home.
01:41Ruth used to be with the father of the children.
01:45We hid him under the name Henry.
01:48He just stayed close to them.
01:50Anyway, the children did not say goodbye to him.
01:55Did you confirm that you did not call the Tenex?
01:58I did not confirm because we did not have a contact.
02:01But after two days, the father still did not feel anything.
02:07I just worried.
02:08But I still did not look for them.
02:10I waited for him to bring them home.
02:11I got angry.
02:12I told him to bring them home.
02:14Until they were shocked by the news from the neighbors.
02:19My father called me.
02:21He said,
02:22Are your children there?
02:25I said, No.
02:26My father took them.
02:27My mother said,
02:28He said to me,
02:29Did you take them?
02:30Good.
02:32When he said that to me,
02:33I felt like my body was crushed.
02:35At that time,
02:37Two children's bodies were found inside an abandoned car
02:43parked in a parking lot.
02:45A few meters away from their home.
02:48I was shocked.
02:49I ran to the car.
02:51I saw them.
02:56I cried a lot.
02:59I forced them to open the car.
03:02They did not let me go.
03:04Henry's children's father
03:07went to the children's home.
03:10I asked him,
03:11Why are they there?
03:13I said,
03:14Maybe they were killed.
03:15I did not believe that they were the only ones there.
03:18That's what I thought at first.
03:19Maybe they were killed.
03:21Their faces were so black.
03:23They were so fat.
03:24It was like their bodies were about to explode.
03:26I found out that I was from Capitol.
03:29My grandchild was already dead.
03:33Arnel was found at his siblings' house.
03:37On July 8, 2 p.m.,
03:40when he was walking in the parking lot,
03:42he found himself in front of his house.
03:45I grabbed a stick.
03:47I looked at the black sink.
03:50I ran.
03:51I saw the child.
03:53I ran outside.
03:57I was shocked.
04:01According to the investigation and autopsy
04:04of Joshua and James,
04:06the cause of their death was suffocation.
04:10They struggled for almost one to two hours
04:13before they were suffocated.
04:15We saw signs of their struggle
04:18in the windshield and windows.
04:21They were asking for their grandfather.
04:29No foul play was seen.
04:31The strongest evidence is the CCTV footage
04:35taken yesterday, July 6.
04:37In this footage, Joshua and James
04:40were playing in the middle of the road.
04:43They were looking for time
04:45to get inside the parking lot.
04:48They were always playing there.
04:50But when they saw something,
04:52they would run away.
04:53When it was dark,
04:54the siblings were playing here
04:56in the parked cars.
04:58We were using that car for fun.
05:01The kids were the first to get in a open van.
05:05They were playing there
05:06before they went to the car
05:08where they were found.
05:10The CCTV footage also showed
05:12the siblings entering a black car
05:15where they were trapped.
05:17When the authorities reviewed
05:19the CCTV footage,
05:22the kids were unable to get out of the parking lot.
05:26The black car was my dad's.
05:29It was broken a long time ago.
05:31It was hard for the kids to get out
05:32because there was no way out.
05:35Help!
05:36The kids were very limited
05:38in their ability to survive.
05:41What they could do was
05:42to wave at people,
05:44to be invisible to people.
05:47They tried to break the windows.
05:52To get the bodies of the victims out,
05:55they had to break the windows of the car.
06:04We were assisting them
06:06because we needed to ensure
06:08that someone would answer
06:09if there was neglect
06:11on the part of the parents.
06:12I think they were neglected.
06:14But it was painful for me
06:15because I promised them
06:16that I would bring them back.
06:21When I got there,
06:22that's how it was.
06:23When I went there,
06:25they were gone.
06:27If we can prove that they were neglected,
06:30they could be jailed for 6 to 8 years.
06:33Based on our assessment and evaluation,
06:37there was negligence.
06:39It's possible that the parents were liable.
06:44I know what I did to them.
06:46I fed them,
06:47I bathed them,
06:48I bathed them,
06:49I took care of them.
06:50I gave everything to them.
06:51I treated them like my own children.
06:52We need to do something
06:55to strengthen the education
06:57in the community.
06:58Make sure that there are no abandoned cars
07:01on the streets.
07:02And make sure that the owners
07:04of the cars are locked.
07:06So that no matter what,
07:08regardless of their illness and neglect,
07:10it's better for them
07:11to sleep outside the house.
07:14When we were in our room,
07:16she would always see the children's clothes.
07:18She would remember them.
07:19This is the scooter
07:21that the children left behind
07:23that they made me drive.
07:25That's why they suddenly
07:27disappeared.
07:29It still hurts.
07:32I took care of it.
07:38I have loved them my whole life.
07:41I hope they will forgive me
07:43for what happened to them.
07:45I will never forget
07:46asking for forgiveness.
07:48I love them so much.
07:49In my life,
07:50I miss them so much.
07:54Parents,
07:56it's a difficult time now.
07:58There are many dangers for the children.
08:01Take good care of them.
08:03And be careful.
08:17The children of Alma
08:19almost died of anxiety.
08:21Alma is not her real name.
08:24When she heard the news,
08:26she ran away
08:28in a black van.
08:31She said,
08:32Ate, help me.
08:33I was in the van.
08:35It's just a call.
08:37I can't feel anything.
08:39We did an investigation.
08:41I was nervous.
08:42It hurts.
08:43The father
08:44lost his child.
08:47My heart was beating fast.
08:52I love you, Ate.
08:54Alma
08:55has been living in Haji's house
08:57in Cotabato City
08:58for 3 months.
09:00I will get the money from the village.
09:02Don't go, Ate.
09:03Yesterday, July 3,
09:05Alma said goodbye
09:06to get the money
09:08from her mother, Rojama,
09:10who is an OFW
09:11in Saudi Arabia.
09:13She didn't come home
09:14until 2 p.m.
09:16Alma was able to update
09:18her mother in Saudi Arabia.
09:20While she was in the van,
09:21she said,
09:22I'm in a queue, Mom.
09:23Until I lost her.
09:26Alma's father,
09:27Datu Bon,
09:28who is in Maguindanao,
09:30immediately found her child.
09:32They were riding a motorcycle.
09:33We didn't hear anything.
09:34I chatted with her friends.
09:36She said she's not there.
09:38And they were shocked
09:40at the call
09:42from Alma herself.
09:45She said,
09:46Ate, help me.
09:48I was in the van.
09:49It was dark.
09:51It was just one call.
09:52I couldn't call anyone.
09:56I was nervous, Mom.
09:57The father was sick.
09:58The child was missing.
10:01My heart was beating fast.
10:04That's why the children
10:06called the radio.
10:08Opa, Mom.
10:09You know him.
10:10You know him.
10:11We were looking for him.
10:13We reported it to the police.
10:15We went to the possible places
10:17where he might go.
10:19But all of them were negative.
10:25Until this July 6,
10:28a woman's body
10:30was found
10:31in a remote area
10:32in Maguindanao del Norte,
10:34more than 2 hours away
10:36from Cotabato City.
10:38When I saw that body,
10:42that's when I realized.
10:45Haji's memory
10:47was that of a face.
10:50His hair was short.
10:52His eyes.
10:54I was so sorry.
10:56I saw his missing bra.
10:59I had a bra
11:00that I gave him
11:01when I was in the hospital.
11:02I really felt that he was my son.
11:06But Alma's grandfather,
11:07Monit,
11:08was not who I thought he was.
11:11Because his eyes
11:13and his hair
11:14were not identified
11:15because they were rotten.
11:16No one else
11:17claimed his body.
11:18They were the only ones.
11:19That's why we released him.
11:21The body
11:22was taken home by the family
11:23in Datub, Sinsuat,
11:25in Maguindanao del Norte.
11:27And according to the culture of Muslims,
11:31they buried him immediately.
11:32I really accepted that body
11:34as my son.
11:36I cried a lot,
11:38even though I wanted to go home.
11:40It's hard to go home
11:41from the Philippines
11:42when you're not around.
11:43That's why I tried my best.
11:45But they were not yet
11:46done with their investigation.
11:48They were shocked
11:49by the latest news.
11:51Someone called his sister.
11:53The one you're looking for
11:54is ******
11:57from Manila.
11:59Alma,
12:00who was believed to be dead
12:02and buried,
12:06did not die
12:07in Manila.
12:10After there was a problem,
12:12their relative,
12:13Luminog,
12:14who was in Manila,
12:15immediately took him there.
12:17He was really alive.
12:20I don't want to be buried.
12:23But it seems like
12:24Alma's condition
12:25has changed.
12:26I don't think he can
12:27make us laugh.
12:28He was so sad.
12:29What happened to ******?
12:32He couldn't talk.
12:34He was like that.
12:35He couldn't speak properly.
12:37He was traumatized.
12:39How did Alma
12:40come to Manila
12:41from Mindanao?
12:43What happened to ******?
12:45Did the black van
12:46that he was in
12:48have anything to do with him?
12:51I don't remember much.
12:54And who was the woman
12:55they buried?
12:58They said,
12:59Sir,
13:00maybe our relative
13:01is missing.
13:03The truth
13:04about the woman
13:05who was believed to be dead
13:06but here,
13:07she was alive.
13:11Next.
13:13The body was found
13:14in Mindanao
13:15that was believed
13:16to be Alma's relative.
13:19He was buried.
13:20I really felt that
13:22he was my son.
13:24But just a few days later,
13:26Alma was reported
13:28to be still alive.
13:30I don't want to be buried.
13:32He was really dead.
13:34He was really alive.
13:35What happened to ******?
13:41At present,
13:42he is being cared for
13:43by Chuhing Siluminog
13:45in Dipakulao,
13:46Aurora Province.
13:48What's even more surprising
13:50is that Alma
13:51claims that
13:52he doesn't remember
13:53how he went to Manila.
13:56I don't remember much.
13:59I only remember
14:00what my uncle took from me.
14:02Alma was found
14:04because of a manpower agency.
14:07They were the ones
14:08who brought the woman
14:09to Manila
14:10to be her relative.
14:12We didn't recruit her.
14:14She applied to us
14:15through online.
14:16They also answered
14:18Alma's request.
14:20I told the agent
14:21that I will send her home
14:22because she has nothing.
14:24She has nothing.
14:25We immediately reported
14:26to the barangay
14:27that she might run away.
14:28So my agent
14:29called the contact person.
14:32I didn't believe it.
14:33It's like a trauma.
14:34We are not a syndicate, sir.
14:36We didn't kidnap anyone.
14:37We are not convinced
14:38that she was kidnapped.
14:40She was able to talk
14:41to her brother
14:42through text and chat.
14:44Who is the kidnapper
14:45who is not able
14:46to use his cell phone?
14:48The victim.
14:50Alma admitted something.
14:53When I applied abroad,
14:55I talked to the woman.
14:57If you are interested,
14:58come here.
14:59We will meet in person.
15:01I just wanted that
15:02because I wanted to help.
15:04Who is the woman
15:06who was found
15:08naked in Parang town
15:10in Maguindanao
15:11and was buried
15:12because of the suspicion
15:14that it was Alma?
15:16On July 12,
15:17a family member
15:18went to the PNP.
15:20They reported that
15:21they thought
15:22it was our cousin
15:23who was missing.
15:25The body of Jean
15:27was found
15:28as nothing but
15:30her cousin Minda.
15:31Her real name
15:33was missing
15:34for more than 2 weeks.
15:36On June 28,
15:37she left
15:38to do laundry.
15:40After that,
15:41she never came back.
15:42On July 6,
15:44a body was found
15:45in Bongo.
15:47We were informed
15:48that someone
15:49claimed it.
15:50So,
15:51we didn't know
15:52that it was our cousin.
15:53They reported again
15:54that no one
15:55claimed it.
15:56We went to the PNP.
15:58They described
15:59the way she wore pants,
16:01the length of her arms,
16:03her blonde hair,
16:04and a bell.
16:05Our cousin was strong
16:07because she had a bell.
16:11But on July 7,
16:13Jean received news
16:15that they were looking
16:16for Minda
16:18who was found
16:19in Zamboanga del Sur
16:21just like Alma.
16:24She was also alive.
16:27They sent a picture.
16:29It was confirmed
16:30that it was Minda.
16:31We were relieved.
16:45Meanwhile,
16:46we consulted
16:48a psychiatrist,
16:49Alma.
16:56I believe she's suffering
16:57from schizophrenia.
16:59It's a form of thought disorder
17:01wherein
17:02they really lose themselves.
17:04So, they don't know
17:05what's happening to them.
17:07If we see
17:08any changes in our bodies
17:10or in the appearance
17:11of our colleagues,
17:12we approach them.
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