Pubdate: Thu, 26 May 2005
Source: Sun.Star Cebu (Philippines)
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2 MEN SUMMARILY KILLED, SHOT IN THE HEAD

The killing of two men in Barangay Taptap, Cebu City may be related to
drugs, police said, but the two did not have criminal records at the
city jail.

Children found in a secluded area the bodies of Gerome Calderon, 21,
and Charlie Dingding, 30, with three gunshot wounds each in the head,
last Monday noon.

They were neighbors in Saseda Compound on A. Lopez St., Barangay
Labangon.

Insp. Mario Monilar, homicide chief, said they are looking at a
possible drug angle, as Dingding was said to be a drug dependent.

Dingding was allegedly asked to buy shabu worth P500 by a neighbor
last Sunday, but he never showed up with the purchase, police said.

Policemen still have to identify the neighbor.

Both bodies were brought to the San Fernan-do Funeral
Parlor.

Bread

Calderon's body was claimed and identified by his aunt, Magdalena
Egonia, 46.

Egonia told Sun.Star Cebu that her nephew, who lived with her for a
year, went out last Tuesday at 4 a.m. with Dingding to buy bread.

Calderon and Ding-ding worked as construction workers in one of their
neighbor's houses and were up early for work. The two never came back.

When they heard the news of two bodies found in Barangay Taptap, she
was afraid one might be her nephew and went to the funeral parlor to
verify.

Egonia was dismayed her fears were confirmed.

Dingding lived with his uncle, Samuel, who identified the body but
immediately left without saying a word.

Egonia said her nephew was a nice boy and could not think of a reason
for the killing.

"He (Gerome) did not have any enemies and has no record. He was never
imprisoned for anything, not even a complaint in the barangay," Egonia
said in Cebuano.

Envy

Gerome's mother works as a private nurse in Guadalupe while his father
is in Manila and had no contact with him for some time.

Egonia, however, said someone might have been envious of her nephew
because he was tall, handsome and everyone liked him.

Calderon was supposed to enroll for college this semester.

Egonia also said she has not heard of any bad incident involving
Dingding.

But one of their neighbors, Henry Gatong, said Dingding had enemies
both in Duljo Fatima and in Alumnus.

Dingding sometimes went home to his mother, who lives in Duljo. His
mother's name, Ester, is etched on his back.

The police said they would also look into the possible angle of a
vigilante killing, but no record has been found to match the names of
both suspects at the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center.
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