Marine officer found shot dead in her car inside Taguig camp

From InterAksyon (Nov 28): Marine officer found shot dead in her car inside Taguig camp



Handout photo of 1st Lt. Shelina Calumay, from Navy Public Affairs Office.

A junior officer of the Philippine Marines was found dead in her car with a gunshot to the face inside Naval Station Jose Francisco in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

The slain Philippine Marines junior officer was the Special Disbursing Officer (SDO) of Marine Major General Remigio Valdez, the Inspector General of the Philippine Navy.

1st Lt. Shelina Calumay was found dead with a bullet wound in her face, slumped in her car at 6 a.m. on November 26 parked in front of the Jurado Hall inside the Naval Station in Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City.

Calumay was a native of Batac, Ilocos Norte, and belongs to the Naval Officer Candidate Course Class 2013.

Her assignment as SDO for the Inspector General is a very sensitive one because it involves the disbursement of funds upon orders by her superior.

Lt. Commander Marineth Domingo, acting Philippine Navy Public Affairs Officer, said the Taguig police has yet to release the result of its investigation while the Naval Provost Marshal was still conducting its own parallel probe.

The motive behind the killing remains, so far, unknown.

The victim's husband was also a Marine soldier, Sergeant Jeremy Calumay, who was currently assigned with the 62nd Force Reconnaissance Battalion based in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat.

The day his wife was found dead and relayed to him, Sgt. Calumay immediately flew to Manila.

"Accordingly, the husband is in deployment when the incident happened," Domingo said.

"No firearm was found in the crime scene. There was a hole on the left window of the car," which was parked in front of the Jurado Hall at the military installation, Domingo said.

She said Calumay's body underwent a paraffin test and was autopsied.

Calumay's death happened just days after the grocery store inside the base was reportedly robbed of millions of pesos in what is suspected could have been an "inside job.
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