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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Woman in police's drugs watch list slain
CEBU CITY -- It might be a case of vigilante-style killing in Talisay City following the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old woman who figured in the police's drugs watch list.
However, Superintendent Audie Villacin, Talisay City Police Station chief, initially downplayed suggestions that vigilantes were responsible for the death of Wennie Deiparine, a resident of Barangay Cansojong.
After a meeting with police investigators, Villacin gave more weight to the theory that the killing was drug-related.
Haven
Cansojong is a neighboring coastal barangay of Tangke, considered a drug haven in Talisay City.
Police said Deiparine had just entered their compound in Cansojong when three men on a motorcycle followed her at 11:45 a.m.
Deiparine reportedly came from the Palace of Justice in Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City where she had a pending drug case, said Senior Police Officer 4 Reynaldo Vitualla.
With his helmet on, the gunman shot Deiparine right in front of her house, hitting her in the right jaw.
Responding policemen recovered an empty .45 shell and two sheets of paper with a note "Drug Lord Ako 3x" scribbled on them.
Hospital
Seeing the bloodied Deiparine sprawled on the ground, the three suspects then sped off aboard a yellow motorcycle.
Residents rushed her to the Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City. Villacin later received a report that Deiparine had died.
Villacin immediately held a case conference with his police investigators to determine if the killing was drug-related or carried out by a vigilante group. (GC of Sun.Star Cebu)
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(June 28, 2005 issue)
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