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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Frenchman, kin slain in Palawan

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A FRENCHMAN, his Filipina wife and their four-year-old son were found dead inside a pickup truck with bullet wounds in different parts of their bodies on the island of Palawan, police said  Thursday.

The French Embassy in Manila said it was in contact with the local authorities over the death of Jean Marc Messina, 54, his wife and their son.

The bodies of Messina, his 25-year-old wife Jewelyn Venturillo, and their son Guiliano, were found  Wednesday  in a pickup truck on a street in Narra, a small town of 65,000 people on Palawan, Filipino police said.

“A local teacher called up the police about the pickup. We sent a team to the area and they discovered the bodies inside,” Palawan provincial police spokesman Inspector Ric Ramos said.

Ramos and the Narra police both said the bodies had been sent to the police laboratory for autopsy.

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Ramos said the family lived in Puerto Princesa, the provincial capital about 70 kilometers northeast of Narra.

Locals told police the truck had been parked in the area for several days before the discovery of the bodies, he added.

Many Westerners live on Palawan, one of the country’s major tourist draws and famed for its wildlife, white-sand beaches, scuba diving sites and archaeological sites.

Camille Conde, press attaché of the French Embassy in Manila, said the local authorities notified its consul over the deaths.

“We’re still figuring out what happened to the family,” Conde said.

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