The remains of two persons who were hogtied and believed strangulated before being dumped on the side of the road in Brgy. Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, on Friday have been identified by their relatives, the police said on Sunday, September 24.
The two fatalities were Bacolod residents who were the subjects of several complaints lodged before the city’s Police Station 8 in the past, PSSgt. Armando Arao, Bago police investigator, said.
Their relatives identified them as Scott Pill Arevalo, 37, and Edward Pille, 28, of Barangay Sincang-Airport, Bacolod City, Arao said.
Arevalo is the son of an American national whom his mother met in Olongapo. His mother who was from Barangay Bacong, Bago City, brought her son back to Negros when he was two years old and raised him on her own but she later passed away, Arao added.
Arevalo moved to Bacolod taking on odd jobs, including as an alleged pimp in the Goldenfields area. He was last known to be working as “barker” who called passengers to board jeepneys that stopped in front of CityMall at Goldenfields in Barangay Singcang-Airtport, Arao said.
There were eight complaints filed against Arevalo before Bacolod Police Station 8 – five for serious physical injuries committed against different persons, two for drugs and one for illegal gambling, Arao said.
Arevalo was identified by his sister on Sunday.
Pille previously worked at a brick shop and a frustrated homicide case had been filed against him at Bacolod Police Station 8, Arao said.
Pille was identified by his mother on Saturday.
Arao said they are still determining who were responsible for the killing of the two and are looking at possible links to cases that had previously been lodged against them.
It is possible that they were killed by people they previously harmed, he said.
Arevalo and Pille were believed to have been strangulated with hoses, which were still tightly tied around their necks when their bodies were found, Arao said.
Their mouths and noses were covered with thick packing tape that could have caused suffocation, and they had bruises on their chests, he added.
They were also hogtied with their hands and feet bound together with packing tape, he added.
No stab or gunshot wounds were found on their bodies, Arao said.*