The National Bureau of Investigation has identified the person whose frozen body parts were left in front of its office in Bacolod City in March.
A fingerprint analysis conducted by the NBI Dactyloscopy Division matched with that of Baltazar Lamata of Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, NBI Bacolod Chief Renoir Baldovino said on Friday, April 12.
A sack containing a frozen left arm, left leg, and two ears of Lamata were left in front of the NBI Bacolod office on March 1, he said.
Lamata had previously applied for an NBI clearance so they had a record of his fingerprint, Baldovino said.
“According to intelligence reports that we gathered it appears that Lamata was involved with illegal drugs…we do not know if he was a drug user or pusher,” he said.
They are looking for the live-in partner and child of Lamata who earlier reported to the Bacolod Police Station 2 that he was missing, so they can take their statements, Baldovino said.
The child was also swabbed for a DNA test, he said.
The NBI is continuing to investigate who the persons behind the killing of Lamata are that is why they are trying to reach out to his family, Baldovino said.
At this time they appear to be hiding, he said.
Lamata reportedly went missing in the last week of February, Baldovino said.*