2007.04.19: April 19, 2007: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Safety: Journalism: Crime: ABC CBS News: Covered in white cloth, the body of US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell arrived at Camp Crame
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2007.04.19: April 19, 2007: Headlines: COS - Philippines: Safety: Journalism: Crime: ABC CBS News: Covered in white cloth, the body of US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell arrived at Camp Crame
Covered in white cloth, the body of US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell arrived at Camp Crame
In the presence of officials from the police and United States embassy, Campbell’s cadaver was placed in a waiting van, which immediately drove off to the Loyola Memorial Chapels in Guadalupe, Makati City. An autopsy is set to be performed on Campbell’s body by police and forensic experts from the US to investigate the cause of her death. One of the possible angles the police are looking at is homicide. Dr. Joselito Rodrigo, the chief medico-legal officer of the PNP Crime Laboratory, will head the Philippine government's probe.
Covered in white cloth, the body of US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell arrived at Camp Crame
(UPDATE) Campbell's remains in Manila
Caption: The body of U.S. Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell is unloaded from a Philippines Army helicopter at Camp Crame police headquarters in Manila April 19, 2007. Campbels's was found in a shallow grave in a remote, mountainous area on Wednesday, police said. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside(PHILIPPINES)
Covered in white cloth, the body of US Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell arrived at Camp Crame at 2:15 p.m. Thursday from Batad, Banaue in Ifugao province, ABS-CBN News Channel reported.
In the presence of officials from the police and United States embassy, Campbell’s cadaver was placed in a waiting van, which immediately drove off to the Loyola Memorial Chapels in Guadalupe, Makati City.
An autopsy is set to be performed on Campbell’s body by police and forensic experts from the US to investigate the cause of her death. One of the possible angles the police are looking at is homicide.
Dr. Joselito Rodrigo, the chief medico-legal officer of the PNP Crime Laboratory, will head the Philippine government's probe.
The body of the Virginia native, who had worked in the Philippines for two years and spoke the local language, was found partially buried in a shallow grave in Batad on Wednesday.
Campbell’s body was discovered with her feet protruding from the ground near a creek in the picturesque hamlet fringed by terraced mountainsides planted with rice.
No cause of death was announced. Police had earlier ruled out that the English teacher, one of 137 Peace Corps volunteers working in the Philippines, had been kidnapped by communist insurgents.
"It’s a mountainous area. The body that was found was buried in a shallow grave and some parts of the body are jutting out so they were able to find it," Philippine Army spokesman Lt. Col. Jose Torres told reporters Wednesday.
It was not clear if she had been buried by someone or if she had been covered in debris during a fall. Police speculated earlier in the week that she may have fallen off a cliff.
Army Capt. Narciso Nabulnog and local guides found the body, according to Col. Victor Felix, commanding officer of the 502nd Infantry Brigade.
Campbell, 40, arrived in the Philippines in 2005 and had been working as an English teacher at the Divine Word College in Legazpi City in Albay province since October 2006. She previously taught at a public school in Donsol in nearby Sorsogon province, said Nora Gallano, assistant dean of the Divine Word College of Liberal Arts.
The American was described as a kind, intelligent and dedicated volunteer who can fluently converse in Tagalog.
A former freelance journalist for The New York Times, she also volunteered for the American Red Cross following the Sept. 11, 2201 terror attacks on the US, which led her to sign up for the US Peace Corps.
Julia described her adventures, learning, discoveries and experiences as a volunteer and teacher in the country in her blog titled "Julia in the Philippines."
A productive volunteer, she helped build a library in Donsol through her "A Book and a Buck Project" where she asked families and friends in the US for donations.
This seasoned traveler was supposed to come home to the US this June.
Campbell was reported missing after the US embassy in Manila sought assistance from the public for any information that would lead to her whereabouts. Campbell was reportedly last seen by witnesses riding a tricycle toward Batad from Banaue.
Air and land search and rescue operations for Campbell were conducted in Ifugao by police and military units in coordination with the US embassy.
On April 17, US Peace Corps Director Ronald Tschetter visited Banaue to consult with Philippine officials regarding the search for Campbell. With a report from The Philippine Star
(First posted at 4/19/2007 2:39:00 PM)
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