Thursday, December 25, 2008 2 drug pushers found dead By Victor L. Camion
TWO suspected drug pushers from Dumaguete City were found dead in neighboring towns Tuesday morning.
The body of Regie Vesda was found at around 6:30 a.m. in East Balabag, Valencia while the cadaver of Johnweir Baybay was found near the bridge of Barangay Bulak, Dauin all in Negros Oriental.
Vesda and Baybay are both 23, single, jobless of Upper Luke Wright, Barangay Poblacion 2, Dumaguete City.
Senior Police Officer 4 Belly Otod of Valencia Police Station told Sun.Star that Vesda's mother identified his son Regie.
Johnweir's body, on the other hand, was also identified by his younger brother Harold, according to SPO4 Ellano Banao of Dauin Police Station.
The police investigators of Dauin and Valencia believed that Vesda and Baybay were victims of summary execution.
Investigators found handcuff marks at the victims' hands.
Police believed that Baybay was already dead when his body was thrown near the Bulak Bridge in Dauin.
Meanwhile, residents nearby the road wherein Vesda's body was found told the police investigators in Valencia that they heard four gun bursts late night Monday.