De Leons driver no-show at probe of nurses killing
May 19, 2002 | 12:00am
The driver-bodyguard of businesswoman Marybeth de Leon, who is suspected to have shot dead her husbands private nurse, failed to appear Friday in the Las Piñas City Prosecutors Office despite a subpoena issued to him last week.
State prosecutor Mario Mangrobang, tasked to handle the preliminary investigation of the killing of Belma Abella, said he ordered Wensis Tablang to appear in his office for some "clarificatory" questions on the sworn statement the latter submitted to the police.
Mangrobang said he will again subpoena Tablang, 31, adding that the case could be filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) even with the latters non-appearance.
Abellas family has expressed fears that Tablang may have gone missing or is in hiding because of probable threats to his life or "he may have been asked to make himself scarce."
Documents showed that the subpoena was mailed to Tablangs residences in Camarin, Caloocan and Cubao, Quezon City.
Tablang is the primary witness to the shooting of Abella, a private nurse of De Leons husband, Jose Vicente Madrigal De Leon, on the morning of April 12 inside the suspects BMW sedan (XBH 616) at the corner of Tropical Avenue and Elizalde Street, BF International Village, Talon, Las Piñas.
In his sworn statement, Tablang said his boss drove off with the car while he rushed Abella, 46, who was bleeding from a gunshot wound in the chest, to a hospital where she expired.
Meanwhile, Abellas 21-year-old son Jansen submitted Friday afternoon to Mangrobang his reply to De Leons counter-affidavit denying the murder charge filed against her. Nikko Dizon
State prosecutor Mario Mangrobang, tasked to handle the preliminary investigation of the killing of Belma Abella, said he ordered Wensis Tablang to appear in his office for some "clarificatory" questions on the sworn statement the latter submitted to the police.
Mangrobang said he will again subpoena Tablang, 31, adding that the case could be filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) even with the latters non-appearance.
Abellas family has expressed fears that Tablang may have gone missing or is in hiding because of probable threats to his life or "he may have been asked to make himself scarce."
Documents showed that the subpoena was mailed to Tablangs residences in Camarin, Caloocan and Cubao, Quezon City.
Tablang is the primary witness to the shooting of Abella, a private nurse of De Leons husband, Jose Vicente Madrigal De Leon, on the morning of April 12 inside the suspects BMW sedan (XBH 616) at the corner of Tropical Avenue and Elizalde Street, BF International Village, Talon, Las Piñas.
In his sworn statement, Tablang said his boss drove off with the car while he rushed Abella, 46, who was bleeding from a gunshot wound in the chest, to a hospital where she expired.
Meanwhile, Abellas 21-year-old son Jansen submitted Friday afternoon to Mangrobang his reply to De Leons counter-affidavit denying the murder charge filed against her. Nikko Dizon
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