By Melvin Gascon
VERA Files
The gaffe over the artist’s sketch is the latest twist in the murder of Salunat, the former provincial campaign manager of the ruling Liberal Party, who was killed barely a week before his partymate Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency last year.
Salunat’s murder is considered a “command” case; the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) assigned all its district agents to it. Yet the probe is going nowhere, with the error over the sketch showing not only a low level of police capability in producing precise cartographic sketches but also the lack of coordination between investigating agencies.
For months, police in this province had been on the trail of the accomplice—the driver of the getaway motorcycle used in the killing—guided by what they just recently discovered to be an inaccurate sketch.
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I am quite sure there exists private detectives or investigators in pinas. just am not sure how professional are they.sometimes private investigators are better than govt detectives since they can operate without so many noticing them.
during the 1990’s, the late atty. salun-at, as private counsel, was instrumental in the conviction and incarceration of former quirino province governor and assemblyman, orlando dulay to the national penitentiary. this angle should be look into by the investigators.