Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� The autopsy of slain police executive master sergeant (PEMS) Emmanuel De Asis revealed that he was not only shot dead but was also stabbed, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP).
According to Taguig City police鈥檚 report last Nov. 28, De Asis was allegedly gunned down and dismembered by police lieutenant colonel (PLTCOL) Roderick Pascua.
鈥淏ased on the official autopsy report, the cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds and stab wounds鈥� The gun wounds in the head and neck, then the multiple stab wounds were on the body,鈥� PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Jean Fajardo said at a press briefing on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
鈥淭his would somehow give them (Taguig police) the impression that there is more [to the] story than what Lt. Col. Pascua is sharing [with] them,鈥� she added.
Pascua, in an extrajudicial confession, initially told Taguig police that he caught De Asis in 鈥渋ntimate relations鈥� with his wife in their apartment at the Married Officers鈥� Quarters (MOQ) in Camp Bagong Diwa, headquarters of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
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According to Fajardo, Taguig police found the hacksaw believed to have been used to dismember De Asis鈥� body.
鈥淭he tool we believe was used to dismember the victim鈥檚 body was found in the back of their very MOQ apartment. A solution was applied to the tool that would indicate that there were blood stains on the hacksaw itself,鈥� she added.
PNP said it was still checking for blood stains at the MOQ apartment.
When asked whether Pascua鈥檚 MOQ neighbors heard the supposed gunshot, Fajardo said: 鈥淚t will be highly impossible for anyone not to hear the gunshot since the houses are side-by-side.鈥�
According to the PNP spokesperson, both Pascua and his wife were placed under restrictive custody and transferred from the Taguig City Police Station to the NCRPO, as authorities were building up the murder raps against the couple.
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Moreover, Fajardo said police were working with De Asis鈥� son, who claimed on a social media post last Friday that the Pascuas conspired with 10 to 20 other individuals to kill his father.
Taguig police already forwarded murder complaints to the Department of Justice last Friday, said NCRPO Acting Regional Director Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin.
Concerned units were also instructed to file administrative cases against the Pascua couple.
鈥淐onsidering the gravity of the offense, the minimum penalty with this kind of offense is dismissal from the service. We want to assure the family: we will get to the bottom of this and this will not be tolerated by the PNP,鈥� Fajardo said.