In Tarlac, 2 remains found amid search for beauty pageant bet, BF
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Two bodies were found around Capas town and Tarlac City on Saturday, July 6, but police cannot say yet if they were the missing Kapampangan beauty pageant contestant and her Israeli boyfriend.
The Tarlac police refused to give details about the remains, including the exact location and how they were found.
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But a police source told Inquirer on Saturday morning that the dead bodies have yet to be identified.
Another source said police have asked the family members of Geneva Lopez, 27, and Yitshak Cohen, 37, to help identify the remains.
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Article continues after this advertisementLopez and Cohen went missing in Tarlac after leaving their residence in Malabanias village Angeles City on June 21 to meet a middleman to see the 20.5-hectare agricultural land the former Mutya ng Pilipinas Pampanga contestant was buying in Armenia village, Tarlac City.
About 10 hours since the couple became unreachable to family via their mobile phones and social media, the silver Nissan Terra they were using was found burning along the Cojuangco Road in Barangay Cristo Rey, Capas.