00:00Two-time SEA Games gold medalist, Mervyn Guarte, was killed while sleeping.
00:07He was stabbed in the chest while at the house of a friend in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro.
00:13He was shot by June Mederation.
00:20Mervyn Guarte is considered a national pride
00:24for winning many medals from the Southeast Asian Games in the obstacle course racing and athletics.
00:32The two stars are counted here.
00:35But the heroism shown in the field of strength ended in violence.
00:40The 33-year-old athlete was brought home this morning
00:44after being stabbed in the chest in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
00:48He was taken to the hospital and talked to an investigator before he was brought back to life.
00:53The investigator did not recognize me.
00:58He was sleeping when he was stabbed.
01:02Based on the PNP investigation, Guarte was drinking at the house of a friend in Concijal.
01:07It was around 3 a.m. when he fell asleep in his friend's room.
01:12After more than an hour, he was stabbed while sleeping.
01:16He was still standing.
01:18He was asking for help from his friends at home.
01:21The house of Concijal.
01:23The suspect was not the only one who was caught.
01:26When the suspect escaped, he left behind the bloody kitchen knife that he used.
01:31The knife was cut and the blade fell on the crime scene.
01:38Our investigator was able to recover it.
01:40When the investigator went to the hospital,
01:45he was the only one who was seen in the chest.
01:48The possible motive for the crime and the possible person of interest is still being investigated.
01:53We are looking into it.
01:55They might have had a misunderstanding during the drinking session.
02:00The POI that we are looking at,
02:03his drink was also from that area.
02:06The Philippine Sports Community condemned the death of the SEA Games gold medalist
02:11and the Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Obstacle Sports Federation.
02:17They condemned the death and asked for justice for those left behind by Guarte.
02:23For GMA Integrated News, I'm Juan Valera Sorda, Katutok, 24 Hours.
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