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Saturday, February 25, 2006
Cops search for leads on doctor’s gunman
Police are coordinating with different consulate offices in Cebu in hopes of identifying the Caucasian who shot dead a doctor in her clinic Thursday afternoon.
This, as the family of the late Dr. Jane Lim-Chua asked the media to “stick to the facts” and not speculate on the motives of the killing.
Her husband, businessman Oscar Chua, told Sun.Star Cebu Thursday night that he was dismayed to hear different versions from radio reports and commentaries as to the motive of his wife’s killing.
“I don’t even know who he is,” he said, referring to the Caucasian.
Family members who talked to Sun.Star Cebu said Jane did not have any enemies and was very kind to people she knew and met.
Her husband expressed willingness to cooperate in the investigation, but asked that his privacy be respected in his time of grief.
Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Bureau Chief Pablo Labra II told reporters yesterday that he has sent his men with photos of the Caucasian to all consulate offices to find leads on his identity.
As of yesterday, nobody claimed the body at the Cebu Rolling Hills Memorial Homes.
The man is six feet and two inches tall, between the age of 40 and 45. He wore a diver’s watch. There are no tattoos or distinguishing birthmarks on his body.
Labra said there were signs that the killing was premeditated. He revealed that a witness told police the man was looking for Dr. Chua a day before, but was told she already left.
He said the man did not bring any identification, strengthening the possibility that he planned the crime beforehand.
Police recovered a cellular phone from his belt bag but this did not help either.
There were only three numbers registered in the phone book and one of these was his number.
The second number had no name while the third had a female’s name. However, these numbers could not be contacted.
Labra also refused to speculate on the motive of the killing, saying they were looking at all angles.
The National Bureau of Investigation was also asked to help in identifying the man.
Labra said the chances were high he was American because of his accent.
They are also furnishing the US Consulate Office with his fingerprints so they can trace if he was a citizen of the United States.
They are also coordinating with the Bureau of Immigration. (MEA)
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