MANILA, Philippines—Manila policemen were preparing murder charges on Wednesday against a young man who admitted he killed and then beheaded his 59-year-old employer in Quiapo over the weekend because he had not been paid his wages for two weeks.
According to Chief Insp. Erwin Margarejo, chief of the Manila Police District homicide division, Srejan Sia, 24, a stay-in helper at Bernadette Eatery on San Rafael Street, Quiapo, Manila, is facing murder charges for the death of his employer, Jimmy Preston, 59.
Policemen at the Plaza Miranda Police Community Precint in Quiapo were shocked when the suspect surrendered to them on Tuesday night with a plastic bag containing the bloated and severed head of a man.
Senior Insp. Rodolfo Samoranos, the precinct commander, said the suspect later admitted to him that the head belonged to Preston and added that he was the one who killed the victim.
The suspect then led them to the victim's house where they found the victim's headless body, police said, adding that the latter's penis and ears were also cut off.
Police added that the victim could have been dead for several days already as his body was already bloated and was starting to decompose.
The headless body of the victim was found inside the bathroom wrapped in plastic sheet and lying in an improvised bath tub. Police also recovered two knives and a hammer believed to be used in the killing.
At the police station, Sia, who spoke in broken English and appeared restless, said he killed his employer because he had not been paid for the past two weeks.
Prior to the victim's death, the suspect said he was asking for his salary but the victim refused, resulting in a heated argument between them.
The suspect said he first hit the victim on the head with a piece of wood before he decided to cut off his penis, ears and then the head using a machete.
"I cut his dick and ears because I want them to blame the dogs," he said, adding that he later decided to surrender the head of the victim to the authorities.
"I don't know where to bury him so I surrendered his head," the suspect added.
Police said the suspect appeared mentally ill.
Meanwhile, some relatives of the victim told police that many of his personal belongings and an undetermined amount of cash were missing.
Police said they are looking into reports that the victim had a romantic relationship with the suspect.
The suspect is now detained at the MPD headquarters( Inquirer.Net)
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