UPLB issues press release on Flatrocks case

Posted on December 7, 2012 by rbvillar

[PRESS RELEASE] The two dead bodies of males found in Flatrocks, Mt. Makiling at 2:45 pm on December 6, 2012 by residents of Los Baños, Laguna had been confirmed by their relatives to be that of UPLB students Mark Lorenz Valdez and Kevin Lagadon. Valdez was a BS Nutrition student, while Lagadon took up BS Computer Science. Autopsy result on the bodies of the two students established the cause of their death to be asphyxiation by drowning.

The two were reported to have logged in at the monitoring station of the Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (MCME) of the UPLB College of Forestry and Natural Resources on December 2, 2012. The MCME monitoring station keeps records of people who go to Flatrocks and two other favorite ecotourism sites, Mudspring and Peak 2. Flatrocks is a 5-minute climb from the monitoring station.

Upon discovery of the two bodies, UPLB, which has jurisdiction over the Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve, alerted the Los Baños Police that immediately dispatched a SOCO team. The SOCO team came up with the initial findings that the dead bodies had no external wounds. Subsequent autopsy on their bodies at the Funeraria Regina in Los Baños today established that asphyxiation by drowning caused their death.

The UPLB administration is assuring the public that it is closely monitoring security and undertaking steps to ensure peace and order as well as safety of students in the campus (Office of Public Relations, UPLB).

2 bodies found at Flatrocks in UPLB

Posted on December 6, 2012 by rbvillar

Reports from Kamille Anne C. Anarna, Mary Joie C. Cruz, Khrisma T. Soliven, and Licelle B. Varias

Earlier this evening, two male bodies were found in the Flatrocks natural pool in UP Los Baños.

As of 9:30 pm, the identities of the recovered bodies remain to be confirmed given their “advanced state of decomposition”. According to Councilor Janos Lapiz of Brgy. Batong Malake, the bodies will be brought to the PNP crime laboratory at Camp Vicente Lim in Canlubang, Laguna.

As of 10:30 pm, SOCO Representative Jerous Logronio said that the initial findings on the cause of death is drowning. Logronio explained that the identities, as well as the cause of death, will be confirmed after the autopsy.

LB Centtro engineer stabbed to death

Posted on December 6, 2012 by rbvillar

by Mary Joie C. Cruz

Los Baños Centtro Engineer was stabbed by a construction employee in
the building warehouse yesterday at around 6:30 pm.

Engineer Richard Famanila, a licensed civil engineer, 48 years old and
a resident of Bulacan, was stabbed by a construction worker named
Edgardo Algonza, 36 of Leyte.

Another Centtro employee, Edgardo Humilde, 33, was also stabbed by the
suspect after attempting to intervene. Rabi survived the stabbing
incident. Initial investigations report that the stabbing was caused
by personal conflict involving work relations and salary payouts.

“Ang sabi niya [Algonza] ay hindi daw siya pinapasweldo at sinasabihan
din ng masasamang salita,” crime investigator PO2 Jarvis Banasihan
said.

The suspect was immediately captured by the Los Baños Police after the
crime. The case is now for filing in the court and is relayed to the Laguna Provincial Intelligence Division and Management Branch.

Los Baños Times

Serving Los Baños and Nearby Communities since 1983

UPLB issues press release on Flatrocks case

2 bodies found at Flatrocks in UPLB

LB Centtro engineer stabbed to death