00:00There are persons of interest, but the cause of the disappearance of an American vlogger in Zamboanga del Norte has not yet been determined by the police.
00:08There has not yet been a ransom, if this is a true case of kidnapping.
00:13Why is this happening?
00:19People come in here to tell my family that there's people that want to kidnap me or they're threatening to kidnap me.
00:26I don't really know what would happen.
00:29If somebody did try to come here and kidnap me, right?
00:32Would the neighbors help me or would they just sit there and watch?
00:35Even last night, I'm scared a little bit. I'm scared.
00:39In a vlog last September, 26-year-old Elliot Eastman told the story of his life.
00:46I feel like I've been staying in this area for so long to the point where people, I don't even know if people like me anymore.
00:52Maybe they want bad things to happen to me now.
00:56At 11 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, four armed men entered their house in Sitio Tungawan, Barangay Poblacion, Cebuco, Zamboanga del Norte.
01:05In the first investigation, Eastman ran away, but he was shot by the kidnapper and dragged to the seaside town where a boat is waiting to leave.
01:15But the police think that the suspects are just in the area of Zamboanga del Norte and there's no indication that they arrived in Sulu or Basilan.
01:23Because it's been four days since the kidnapping happened and no ransom has been received, the PNP is looking for another motive.
01:32Normally, in kidnapping cases involving the group we're talking about, they don't initially hurt the kidnappers.
01:42But this time, the victim was hurt immediately when he saw and resisted.
01:48And in fact, he was shot.
01:49So these are the things that we're considering.
01:53There are persons of interest in Tinutuntun now.
01:56They are also investigating if they have connections to local terrorist groups such as Abu Sayyaf or BIFF.
02:02We have composite sketches.
02:05When this picture was shown, even in our rogues gallery, witnesses were identified.
02:12We have the alias so far.
02:14Aside from the four who entered, we were able to find witnesses there.
02:19Although, we haven't been able to connect which group this is.
02:25We also have persons of interest in other angles that we can see.
02:30The investigation was also conducted by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the FBI.
02:35The family of Isma was visited last Saturday.
02:37As of now, the FBI agents have left.
02:40According to General Fajardo, the FBI is not active in the investigation and will just ask for an update from their legal attache.
02:48For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido reporting for 24 Hours.
04:10For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido.
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