THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DoJ) has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the brutal murder of a family in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II, through Department Order No. 446, directed NBI Director Dante A. Gierran to conduct an “investigation and case build-up [on] the rape and killing” of Estrella Carlos and her mother Aurora Dizon, and the killing of Ms. Carlos’ three children last June 27. The victims, found dead in their home at Ridge Royal Subdivision, sustained multiple stab wounds, while the two mothers were also discovered to have been raped. The police is already in custody of construction worker Carmelino Ibañez, who admitted to committing the crime while under the influence of methampethamine, locally known as shabu. However, the drug test conducted on Mr. Ibañez turned out negative. In an ambush interview yesterday, Mr. Aguirre said that he “did not want to do it (order probe), but some people wanted the NBI to take a second look at the findings. — Kristine Joy V. Patag

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