Ex-soldier found dead inside SUV
POLICE found a dead man on Friday inside a vehicle abandoned on a highway in Tarlac City.
According to the authorities, a black Toyota Fortuner SUV (sport utility vehicle) was abandoned on the shoulder of the highway near Sitio Samberga, Bgy. Sapang Maragul in Tarlac City.
A security guard of the Monteverde Subdivision reported to the police about the vehicle parked in the southbound lane of Romulo Highway with the hazard light and engine still switched on.
When police officers checked the vehicle, they discovered a lifeless body of a person covered with cardboard with only the hair exposed lying on the compartment of the vehicle.
They later identified the victim as a 55-year-old man, a retired officer of the Philippine Army, and a resident of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan.
The victim was identified through the driver’s license ID, permit to carry firearms ID, a firearm registration ID, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) retired officer ID, and the OR/CR of the vehicle.
The local police are now conducting an investigation and have requested the assistance of the Tarlac Provincial Forensic Unit and PECU for assistance.
