MANILA, Philippines—A young man was found dead on the ledge of the sixth floor of an 18-story condominium located at the corner of Panay and Timog Avenues in Quezon City at dawn on Wednesday.
Case officer Police Officer 2 Rodel Tumangday identified the victim as Benjie Peralta, 18.
The policeman, however, said it was still too early to tell how Peralta died.
"We still have to determine how his body reached the sixth floor when he was supposed to be at the building's penthouse,'' Tumangday said.
A man who identified himself as William Jose told the police that Peralta was an ABS-CBN talent.
But Bong Osorio, ABS-CBN corporate communications head, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that they were still trying to verify if Peralta was their talent.
Tumangday said the building security guard’s report showed that before his death, the victim was in the penthouse, located on the 18th floor of the Tower B of Victoria Tower. With him were four persons identified as R. A. Carlos, Lucky Mercado, a certain Jeff and a woman named Abigail.
"We are looking for these people to ask them about the incident, but they all fled from the scene,'' he added.
Part of the footage taken by the building’s closed circuit television camera showed a man running from the unit at around 2:15 a.m.
Tumangday said they were still waiting for the results of the autopsy conducted on the victim’s body.
When found, Peralta was sprawled on a ledge on the sixth floor. There was a cut on his arm and his neck seemed to be broken. Surrounding his body were pieces of broken glass.
The police officer, however, said he could not yet say if the broken glass came from the penthouse because they had not examined the unit at the time.
"The unit was locked when we arrived and no one had the key to it,'' Tumangday added.
The victim's uncle, Gary Garcia, said he suspected foul play in his nephew’s death.
"We want to know who were with him in the unit because it's most likely they were involved because they fled from the scene, instead of helping him,'' he told reporters at the Quezon City Police District headquarters in Camp Karingal.
Meanwhile, the victim's former girlfriend, Vanessa Inamoto, also showed up at the police headquarters and said that Peralta had suicidal tendencies.
“When we broke up, he threatened to slash his wrists,†Inamoto said.(inquirer.net)
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