DAVAO CITY –— The still unsolved death of young Architect Vlanch Marie Bragas was one of the hot stories in 2023 and until now, the family of the victim remain silent as the case still hangs, most of the suspects were reported dead..
On May 17, 2023, the residents of Calinan District this city woke up in shokc when a dead body of a woman was found in a ditch of a banana plantation in sagingan in purok 6, barangay dDacudao.
Bragas, 28 years old was last seen alive around 10:00 p.m. on May 16 while waiting for a ride along Fausta Street, and later boarded a color yellown improvized tricycle called “Ombak” on her way to their home in durian village
.The City Police Office quickly created the Special Investigation task Group Bragas (SITG Bragas) to hasten the probe and identified the suspects as
1. Renato Bayansao alias Empoy
2. Dennis Panzan
3. Kent Espinosa
4. John doe / Jimmy Lobiano
As of now, only Bayansao alias empoy is alive.
In the case of Pansan and Espinosa, they both were abducted in separate occsaions, the police strongly denied they had any participation in their abduction.
Pansan was believed to have escaped from his abductors, he was found in a secluded place in Matinga Pangi gasping for his breath but died on the way to the hospital to treat his serious injuries.
Suspect Espinosa, on the other hand, was reportedly abducted in Calinan and has never surfraced since then.
While on July 15, 2023, Lobiano was shot by the police because he allegedly resisted when the police came to him to serve a warrant of arrest inside their house in purok 11, Barangay Sirib, in Calinan District.
The family of the suspects are not convinced that they are involved in the Bragas case.
Months later, the police said the P1-million reward was already released by the police saying two witnesses provided information to identify and lead the suspects involved in the case.
The police also found the “Ombak” reportedly with an earring used by Bragas when the crime was committed.
But until now, the public is not convince and they had suspicion that it wasn’t the Ombak that was used in the crime as well as the suspect who was involved in the rape-death of bragas.
Even is the police says, the crime is cleared, before the public-the crime has yet to be solved.
