The police clarified on Monday that the woman and her 18-year-old son whose bodies were found stuffed into the trunk of their car had been shot to death.<\/p>\n\n
Quoting the autopsy report, Para\u00f1aque police chief Senior Superintendent Ariel Andrade said that Fe Rafael, 54; and Danilo Rafael Jr., were not clubbed to death as earlier believed.<\/p>\n\n
Both died after they were shot in the head with a cal. .45 pistol.<\/p>\n\n
Fe\u2019s husband, Danilo Rafael Sr., emerged as the primary suspect in the case as he has yet to be found following the discovery of the victims.<\/p>\n\n
Around midnight on Sunday, the Rafaels\u2019 family car, a red Ford Fiesta, with the two bodies in the baggage compartment was discovered parked outside the house of Fe\u2019s parents in Multinational Village, Barangay (village) Moonwalk, Para\u00f1aque City, by Fe\u2019s brother, Daniel Castro Jr.<\/p>\n\n
The Rafaels lived in a house in the same village.<\/p>\n\n
Meanwhile, investigators have gathered more damning evidence linking Danilo Sr., to the brutal crime, including footage taken by closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and a statement from his own daughter.<\/p>\n\n
According to case investigator Senior Police Officer 4 Charlie Bayuca of the Para\u00f1aque police, footage from a CCTV camera at a neighbor\u2019s house showed the suspect driving the Ford Fiesta and leaving it at 9:26 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n
The bodies were found shortly after midnight.<\/p>\n\n
Police believe the suspect left the car keys in the garage of Fe\u2019s parents where it was retrieved the next day.<\/p>\n\n
Footage taken by another CCTV near the clubhouse and one of the subdivision\u2019s gates also showed the suspect who was wearing a ball cap and a backpack, leaving the area.<\/p>\n\n
But perhaps the most damning of the recently collated police evidence was an affidavit issued by 21-year-old Kim Rafael, the couple\u2019s only surviving child.<\/p>\n\n
Andrade, quoting the affidavit, said Kim confirmed her father\u2019s jealous streak, and her parents\u2019 constant arguments over it. Danilo Sr. was prone to confiding in Kim, Andrade said.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cShe said that in recent days, he had repeatedly threatened his wife,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n
Bayuca, quoting statements from Kim and Daniel Castro Jr.,\u00a0\u00a0 said that the victims and the suspect had announced their plan to attend a reunion among Danilo Sr.\u2019s kin in Maragondon, Cavite province on Friday.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cBut according to the suspect\u2019s family in Maragondon, they never made it there. They tried to call [Danilo Sr.] but he didn\u2019t answer his phone,\u201d Bayuca said.<\/p>\n\n
Bayuca further quoted Kim as narrating that her father was so jealous \u201che always wanted Fe by his side. Whenever a client would call her, he would question her over it,\u201d the investigator said.<\/p>\n\n
Bayuca said Kim did not go with her family on Thursday as she lives in Quezon City, where she is working for an information technology company.<\/p>\n\n
Police have also found out that both Danilo Sr. and Fe had children from previous marriages. The Ford Fiesta belonged to Fe, but she had bought it for one of her children from her previous marriage, Andrade said.<\/p>\n\n
Investigators are still trying to determine when and where the killings happened.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cBut it definitely was not in the car as there were no blood splatters inside,\u201d Bayuca said.<\/p>\n\n
Bayuca said Danilo Sr., once arrested, would be charged with two counts of parricide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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