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Philippine Police To Investigate "Deeper" Peace Corps Volunteer's Death
The provincial police chief of Ifugao province where the body of missing U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell was found, on Wednesday vows to "dig deeper" into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and death of the American woman. He said an investigating body composed of the Cordillera Investigation Division, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the intelligence office, Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO), and the police forces of Ifugao and Banaue has been created to "conduct a full-blown investigation." American forensics experts were due to arrive at the scene, but Gonzales said police and military authorities might retrieve the body and transport it to Manila to determine the cause of death and establish identity. He would not say whether the body bore signs of violence, such as gunshot or stab wounds, pending the investigation by the SOCO team and the forensic experts.
Philippine Police To Investigate "Deeper" Peace Corps Volunteer's Death
Philippine Police To Investigate "Deeper" Peace Corps Volunteer's Death
April 18, 2007 9:07 p.m. EST
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Correspondent
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - The provincial police chief of Ifugao province where the body of missing U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell was found, on Wednesday vows to "dig deeper" into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and death of the American woman.
Campbell was reported missing by the U.S. Embassy last week after she failed to report while hiking from Battad village to Banaue town in Ifugao province, in northern Philippines.
On Wednesday, a team from the Army's 502nd Infantry Brigade found a body believed to be Campbell in a shallow grave. While the identity has yet to be confirmed, experts are quite positive the body is that of the missing woman.
Chief Superintendent Raul Gonzales, Ifugao provincial police director said, "It appears there is something undesirable. Who would bury her?"
Colonel Victor Felix, commander of the Army's 502 Infantry Brigade which led the search for Campbell said the grave was found in a grassy area beside of creek.
He said, "The body appeared to have been hastily buried."
"At this point, there are indications we have to go deeper...we can't determine if it was an accident or a crime," Gonzales said.
Gonzales said the body was already decomposing when found although he said forensic experts would still determine how long the victim had been dead.
He said an investigating body composed of the Cordillera Investigation Division, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, the intelligence office, Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO), and the police forces of Ifugao and Banaue has been created to "conduct a full-blown investigation."
American forensics experts were due to arrive at the scene, but Gonzales said police and military authorities might retrieve the body and transport it to Manila to determine the cause of death and establish identity.
He would not say whether the body bore signs of violence, such as gunshot or stab wounds, pending the investigation by the SOCO team and the forensic experts.
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