MLANG, NORTH COTABATO — A crime brought about by envy, jealousy and hatred triggered the brutal killings of Crizzle Gwenn and Crizville Lousie Maguad on December 10, in the village of San Isidro, Barangay Bagontapay.
The Philippine National Police Special task Group Maguad considered the case solved as they filed charges against two suspects yesterday afternoon before the provincial prosecutor’s office in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
Cruz Maguad, the father of the victims in an interview with Newsline Philippines revealed “Based on her confession she was jealous, envious and she hated our daughter Gwenn because of the loved we showered to her”.
The father of the victims stood as the complainant of the case with police presenting before the court three witnesses.
A teacher who is very close to the Maguad couple witnessed how the couple showered love to their children caring for them and nurturing them as God-fearing and intelligent children grounded with simplicity and humility.
The minor suspect
On July this year, Kristine who claimed to be an orphan joined the Maguad family and was considered a family member showered with love, care and provided with all the material support but authorities discovered she is not an orphan after all, though her parents were separated, she has three other siblings who live somewhere in Mindanao.
The suspect who was previously accommodated by a family related to the Maguad’s befriended Gwenn and fabricated stories winning her heart, as she claimed being tired of serving two kids of the household she was staying and wanted to finish her studies. The victim believed her, convinced her parents to take her in, because of their love to Gwenn, they supported her wish they took Kristine,
In August, the family lost P10,000 which was placed in a jar at the couple’s room near the window. when the household panicked she implied the money could have been stolen via the window pane. But after a day, Gwenn discovered that Kristine hid the money inside the lower portion of the main compartment of kristine’s school backpack which she opened and sew after and cannot be easily detected.
Within five months, Kristine managed to win everyone’s heart inside Maguad’s abode but unknown to them she’s envious, jealous and hated Gwenn, and even considered her a rival.
“Gwenn even provided her what she wants without our knowledge, because she considered her a sister, Gwenn does the tutorial on her and even help in answering her module,” Mrs. Lovella Maguad told Newsline.
The brutal killings
The suspects used a baseball bat, a hammer and a chopping knife and mutilated the victims, all properties of the Maguad’s and only family members including Kristine knew the whereabouts.
It took the embalmer two days to finish the job.
A Scene of the Crime Operative (SOCO) investigator revealed, Gwenn’s fists showed she fought hard and tried to defend herself, but she was hammered, hit with baseball bat and hacked with chopping knife on her neck and different parts of the body.
Mlang Police Chief Lt.Col Reallan Mamon described “May galit talaga ang pumatay sa kanila (Their killers were angry) as it showed the way they were killed.
There was confrontation among the suspects and the victims, he noted.
Kristine’s accomplice even managed to wash change his underwear and pants at laundry area.
The gory death of their children at the hands of a minor and her accomplice whom they considered their own, is very painful to the couple.
The couple even ordered a customized gown for Gwenn and Tuxedo for Louise, so they will look radiant even inside their caskets.
The outpouring of community support has become the couple’s strength in their moment of grief.
On Thursday, December 16, the case was filed, the couple thanked every netizen who helped them, the Mlang PNP and President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Bong Go, for all the help extended to them.
Mrs. Maguad, however, requested the netizens to please stop sharing the gory photos of her kids inside the morgue as it adds pain to the their loneliness .
Kristine is now under the custody of the Department of Social Services and Development while the other suspect is being haunted by the police.
