With five of the six suspects in the killing of advertising executive Kristelle \u201cKae\u201d Davantes in the custody of the police, the victim\u2019s family still believes the case is far from solved.<\/p>\n\n
Davantes\u2019 uncle Vince Davantes told the Inquirer on Sunday that he and the victim\u2019s parents were having difficulty believing the suspects\u2019 claim that they picked her at random and her case was that of a robbery gone awry.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe it was just robbery. It appears these men were after her, not her car or her valuables,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n
Vince based this assumption on the observations he made during the reenactment of his niece\u2019s abduction and killing conducted by police Task Force Kae last Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n
He said that if the suspects were merely after Davantes\u2019 car and her valuables, they could have just driven away in her Toyota Altis because when they chanced upon her, there was no one inside the vehicle. At that moment, the victim was busy opening the gate to her family\u2019s house in Moonwalk Village, Las Pi\u00f1as City.<\/p>\n\n
Instead of taking only the Altis, however, they grabbed her, forced her back into her car and then drove away.<\/p>\n\n
Vince said there were also several inconsistencies in the suspects\u2019 statements to the police and the evidence found at the crime scene. He likewise admitted that some posts made by concerned people on the Justice for Kae page on Facebook have caused him to think twice.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t help but have misgivings,\u201d Vince said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n\n
He added: \u201c[Alleged mastermind Samuel] Decimo said he stabbed Kae outside the car, but how come there are bloodstains inside the car?\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Medico-legal reports also pointed to two kinds of bladed weapons that were used to kill Davantes. However, Vince noted that only one knife was found at the crime scene.<\/p>\n\n
As for the suspects\u2019 claim that Decimo was the one who orchestrated the victim\u2019s abduction and killing, this was all Vince had to say: \u201cDecimo is [probably] just a willing accomplice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIt seems that for the task force, the case is closed and they are probably tired. Maybe they can designate just one or two people to check out these concerns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n
But Vince was quick to point out he was not contradicting the conclusions reached by the police and the National Bureau of Investigation. \u201cWe value their hard work and achievements. But we would just like to convey our apprehensions that some discrepancies may affect the prosecution of the suspects,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n
Aside from Decimo, the police have taken into custody Kelvin Jorek Evangelista, 19; Jomar Pepito, 23; Lloyd Benedict Enriquez and Reggie Diel, 30. They were charged with qualified theft and robbery with homicide.<\/p>\n\n
All of them have admitted their participation in the killing. The sixth suspect identified as Baser Minalar remains at large.<\/p>\n\n
Sought for his reaction, Chief Supt. Christopher Laxa, head of Task Force Kae Davantes and deputy director for operations of the National Capital Region Police Office, said they were convinced for now that the motive for the killing was robbery.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe have said previously that the case is solved but we are not yet totally closing the investigation,\u201d he told the Inquirer.\u2014With a report from Jaymee T. Gamil<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With five of the six suspects in the killing of advertising executive Kristelle \u201cKae\u201d Davantes in the custody of the police, the victim\u2019s family still believes the case is far from solved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,38],"tags":[89,945,126,306],"byline":[77721],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n