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Manila, Philippines – Two close friends of Normandie Pizarro, a retired deputy judge of the Court of Appeals, including the godfather of one of her children, could be behind the gruesome murder of the former magistrate, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Wednesday.
NBI spokesman Ferdinand Lavin said that Pizarro’s friends and another man were among the four “persons of interest” they had invited to clarify the disappearance and death of the former magistrate, whose mutilated body was found in the province of Tarlac a week after his disappearance. October 23.
“One of them is close to (Pizarro’s) family. He was godfather to his son. The other is a woman, who is also close to the former judge, ”Lavin said. He said the fourth person of interest, an elderly man who allegedly owed Pizarro some Pizarro 200,000 in gambling debt, had already gone to the NBI three times, but provided “conflicting” statements.
He said the man was the same person who boarded the retired magistrate’s car in front of a casino in Clark Freeport, Pampanga, the day he was last seen alive.
“Our agents have already (contacted) them. But I’m not (sure) if they have already responded to our invitation, ”Lavin said.
“They could be witnesses or suspects in the course of the investigation,” he added.
When asked about a possible motive for the murder, Lavin said: “We are looking at every possible angle. It may be related to your previous job as a judge. It could also be personal or a combination of both. “
“We do not rule out the possibility that two or three, or all persons of concern, have conspired to kill the judge,” Lavin added.
NBI Director Eric Distor said an autopsy performed on Pizarro’s body showed that he was shot in the back of the head and that the bullet exited through the upper left side of the head.
Distor previously said that the victim’s right hand and fingers were cut off when the body was recovered in the city of Capas on October 30.
Lavin said they did not know if Pizarro was tortured or beaten before he was killed.
“We have not been able to establish if they shot him first or if they cut off his hands first because the body was already (decomposing) when it was recovered,” he said.
According to the NBI spokesperson, the former magistrate had approached the man who owed him money after they met at a casino last August. INQ
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