Missing woman believed killed

CEBU, Philippines - You might have come across similar plots in movies, but an incident in Barangay Mambaling seems to bring a horror story to life.

This as a missing woman is believed to have been killed and buried by her son inside their residence along Ganciang St. corner Cashmere St., Maria Gochan Subdivision.

The suspect is now in the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), but the remains of the mother are yet to be found.

The NBI was still waiting for a judge to grant their request for a warrant to search the residence of Ruby Rosa Dalangin, 53.

The suspect has been identified as Christian Lucky Dalangin, 20, and a fourth year nursing student.

Neighbors said that the son and his mother often quarreled because of the Christian Lucky’s alleged involvement in illegal drugs and constant drinking.

Agents of the NBI went to the Dalangin residence around 2 p.m. yesterday after Ruby’s younger sister Vivian sought their assistance.

SPO1 Rene Siebes of the Mambaling Police Station told The Freeman that Vivian reportedly got worried when she could not anymore get in touch with Ruby.

Siebes said that when Vivian recently asked Lucky about his mother, he allegedly could not give a clear answer of her whereabouts.

Lito Labra Casquejo, 51, neighbor of the victim alleged that it has been a week since he last saw Ruby, who normally cleans their driveway area every early in the morning.

Casquejo said that Lucky often fought with his mother over being a drunkard and a drug addict, which prompted Ruby to banish her son from their house.

Following the incidents, Lucky lived in a house at the nearby Sitio Little Baguio.

Casquejo alleged that he saw Lucky outside their house last Tuesday looking disturbed and confused.

He also remembered that he somebody deliver sand and cement to the Dalangin residence, which they believed might have been used in burying Ruby inside her own house.

John Caballero, 19, a friend of the suspect told The Freeman that a certain Carmelo “Tintin” Echevalla, 19, was asked by Lucky to go into their house on Monday dawn to lend a hand.

He said that Echevalla told them that he saw the victim already dead on a couch after she was allegedly mauled and stabbed by her own son.

Lucky allegedly gave Echevalla a pair of gloves so he can help him put his mother’s body inside a black trash bag.

Echevalla, who got very scared, instead scampered.

The suspect reportedly ran after Echevalla and threatened him so he would not to tell anyone of what he saw inside the house.

After Echevalla ran, the suspect allegedly called another friend, a certain “Tomers” to dig a hole inside the storage room in their residence.

Benjamin de la Cruz, 62, a barangay tanod who witnessed Christian Lucky’s arrest, said that Echevalla, out of fear and remorse confessed to his mother about what he saw the Dalangin residence.

Echevalla and Tomers are now also under the custody of the NBI.

The Dalangin residence is only a few meters away from the Mambaling Barangay Hall and the Mambaling Police Station.

The suspect was picked up by NBI agents while having drinks with friends near Natalio Bacalso Ave. as he was not in their residence when the authorities came.—/NLQ (FREEMAN)