Motorcycle taxi rider found buried in Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Cavite construction site

GMA Network

2 days ago

The body of a 31-year-old motorcycle taxi rider was found buried in a construction site in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite, with authorities looking at jealousy as the motive for the killing as the victim was last seen with a man who fathered a child with his live-in partner.
The victim, identified as Jayjay Caluza, was last seen early morning on June 24 riding along Trece Martires on the way to Dasmariñas, with a man riding pillion. The passenger, now considered to be a person of interest, was the former partner of Caluza's live-in partner, identified as Grace.
The victim was missing for two weeks and was found buried in a construction site where the suspect was said to be the foreman. It was the last location in the global positioning system (GPS) of Caluza's motorcycle. Upon inspecting the area, authorities said they were suspicious of the workers as they all ran away when they were seen.
The operating system of the backhoe also showed that it was used hours before the regular working hours, prompting authorities to ask the construction company to dig up the area. That was where Caluza's body was found.
Three days before Caluza went missing, the suspect was said to have taken Grace, and forced her to stay with him and their child. He then asked Caluza to bring him to work, and that was the last time the victim was seen alive.
'Binantaan niya po si Jayjay na ano, papatayin kung hindi daw po ako sumama, kaya sumama na po ako,' Grace said in a report by Jonathan Andal on GMA's '24 Oras Weekend' on Sunday.
'Wala po akong pagmamahal doon sa lalaking 'yun eh. 'Yung sustento lang po niyang pera 'yung inaano ko kasi may anak din po kami non,' she added.
(He threatened Jayjay that he would kill him if I did not come along, which is why I went… I have no love for that man. I was just after his financial sustenance because we have a child together.)
Grace said she was also sure that there were multiple people involved in the killing of Caluza, as her former partner already detailed what they would do earlier.
'Hindi lang po isa ang gumawa noon. Tiyak po ako kasama 'yung mga pinsan niya dun eh. Nasabi na niya po 'yun eh, na aanuhin niya eh, baka pagtulungan nila 'yun si Jayjay eh, 'pag hindi ko pa daw nilayuan 'yun eh. Sobrang sakit ng ginawa niya sa taong 'yun. Nagtiwala 'yun eh,' she said.
(More than one person did it. I am sure that his cousins were involved. He already said it before, that they would gang up on Jayjay if I didn't leave him. What they did to him was really painful. He trusted him.)
According to Caluza's mother, Carmelita Caluza, her son suffered 12 stab wounds, based on a report from the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO).
'Noon pong inano ng SOCO, labingdalawa daw po ang saksak niya eh, apat daw po dito sa may baga, tapos walo daw po sa likod. Talagang parang ginawa nilang hayop ang anak ko,' she said in the same report.
'Napakasakit ng ginawa mo. 'Yung anak ko sobrang bait. Napakabait ng anak ko na 'yan. Bakit mo ginawa? Bakit ginawa sa anak ko 'to? Bakit?' she added.
(According to SOCO, he had 12 stab wounds. Four near the lungs, and eight in the back. What you did was very painful. My child was really kind. That son of mine was really kind. Why did you do it? Why did you do it to my child? Why?)
For its part, Naic Police deputy chief of police Police Captain Grenie Dolnagon said they are looking at more than one person of interest.
'More than two and nakikita namin na person of interest. Actually marami po kaming nakausap diyan, 'yun nga lang iisa ang sinasabi—na hindi nila kilala, hindi nila alam, isang linggo lang sila na nakatira doon,' he said.
(We are looking at more than two persons of interest. Actually, we talked to a lot and they all say the same thing—they don't know them, they don't know, they have lived in the area for a week only.)
The victim's family is now appealing for financial help to fund the funeral and the burial.
'Sana po mahanap na siya at kung sino man po ang kasama niya. Gusto ko pong mabigyan ng hustisya 'yung anak kong namatay,' the victim's mother Carmelita said.
(Hopefully he, and whoever else was involved, is found. I want justice for my child who died.) — Jon Viktor D. Cabuenas/BM, GMA Integrated News