Police creates task force to solve death of couple

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

MABALACAT -- The Pampanga police office has formed a task force to solve the double murder case involving a couple who was found dead inside a car last Saturday.

Task Force Payuyao-Toledo will go after the killers of partners Rey Cunanan Payuyao, 51, of Barangay Paralaya, Candaba town; and Gilda Reveldez Toledo, 41, of Malabon Street, Santa Cruz, Manila, said Superintendent Rodney Raymond Louie J. Baloyo IV, town police chief.

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The bodies of Payuyao and Toledo were found Saturday night inside a Toyota Vios car with license plates PQC 470 parked near the Kabuhayan Center in Barangay Paralayunan here.

The task force consists of personnel from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Scene of the Crime Operatives, Intelligence Branch, and other elite police units, Baloyo said.

Payuyao sustained five gunshot wounds on the head and body while Toledo was hit with three gunshot wounds also on the head and body.

The suspect used a .45 caliber gun, Baloyo said.

At least two persons, a security guard and a businessman, were already invited by the town police in connection with the case.

Payuyao and Toledo, business partners who owned PhilGuard security agency, met with a client at Marquee Mall before the slaying.

Baloyo said the victims were probably shot somewhere else and were dumped in this town to mislead investigators.

The town police theorized that the slaying may be connected with Payuyao’s security agency business.