Missing QC trader found dead in Rizal

A Quezon City trader, who failed to return homeafter a supposed meeting with a business partner last Wednesday, was found dead with a bullet wound in the head in a vacant lot in Taytay, Rizal yesterday.

The body of businessman William Uy Liong, a supplier of film materials, was discovered in a vacant lot along Hi-Way 2000 in Barangay San Juan at about 6:45 a.m.

Scene-of-the-crime operatives of the Eastern Police District, however, found no drops of blood nor spent shells in the lot, prompting them to theorized that he was killed somewhere and his body merely dumped in the place to mislead investigators.

Senior Superintendent Leocadio Santiago, Rizal police director, said Liong’s family last saw him alive when he brought home his 14-year-old daughter from school last Wednesday, after which he left for a supposed meeting with a business partner.

Santiago, however, said Liong’s family refused to give them the name of the victim’s business partner.

"I’m now encouraging the victim’s family to cooperate with us. We cannot solve this case without their full cooperation," he said.

The police said Liong could have been abducted and killed for unknown reasons. His family claimed that they had not received any ransom demand since he went missing.

Since Liong’s supposed business meeting took place in Quezon City, Santiago said they will coordinate with Chief Superintendent Nicasio Radovan, director of the Central Police District, for a joint investigation.

For his part, Radovan said he will start digging for evidence as soon as Santiago furnishes them the details of the case.