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Police have reclassified the live-in partner of American marine biologist Kent Carpenter from a person of interest to a witness in the investigation into his killing.
“Yung pag-konsidera natin sa kanya initially as POI, pwede siya maging witness as much as we believe that mayroon siyang relevant information doon sa nangyari…Mayroon po siyang nakita namin na impormasyon doon sa mga suspect. Kaya we are considering her now as our complainant-witness po,” said Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office director P/Colonel Timmar Alam on Super Radyo dzBB.
(Our initial consideration of her as a POI [Person of Interest] can shift to her being a witness, especially since we believe she has relevant information regarding what happened… We saw that she has information regarding the suspects. That is why we are now considering her as our complainant-witness.)
The Philippine National Police earlier announced the arrest of three of the four suspects in Carpenter’s death. One of the suspects allegedly sexually assaulted the victim’s live-in partner.
Carpenter, 73, was shot dead by the three suspects in his residence in Barangay Ajong in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, last Sunday evening, July 12.
The police look into theft as the possible motive behind the crime.
“Ayun lang po muna ang nakikita naming motibo,” said Alam, noting that the suspects have been charged for theft in the past and are residing within the said barangay.
(That is the only motive we see for now.)
Carpenter’s live-in partner told the police that the suspects took some cash, a laptop, and a binocular.
“Sabi ng surviving victim natin a cash amounting to P75,000 tsaka laptop po at binocular. Pero dito sa mga nahuli natin, wala pa tayong na-recover na stolen items,” said Alam.
(According to our surviving victim, [they took] cash amounting to ₱75,000, a laptop, and binoculars. But from those we have arrested, we have not yet recovered any stolen items.) —Vince Angelo Ferreras/LDF, GMA News
