Navy officer in murder of classmate nabbed in Zamboanga Sibugay

From InterAksyon (May 19): Navy officer in murder of classmate nabbed in Zamboanga Sibugay

A junior officer of the Philippine Navy is being held by intelligence operatives who took him in Monday afternoon in Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, in connection with the murder of a classmate whose body was found inside her car inside Fort Bonifacio in November last year.

According to Captain Roy Trinidad, chief of staff of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), suspect Lieutenant Junior Grade Benjie J. Chico was arrested around 2 p.m. at Sitio Boulevard in Barangay Poblacion.

Apparently to disguise himself, Chico was "sporting a long mustache and always wearing a hat before and during his arrest,” Trinidad said.

Chico was discovered to have been staying at the back of the so-called "Bagsakan" Boulevard near the Public Market and cockpit arena in a house "adjacent to the house of Councilor Dacanay,” Trinidad said.

Chico is the primary suspect in the murder of Marine 1Lt. Shelina Calumay, who was then assigned at the Naval Inspector General based at the Naval Station Jose Francisco, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Based on records of the Navy, Chico went AWOL (absence without official leave) in November a day after the body of Calumay was found inside her car parked in front of the main building of the naval station.

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