MLANG, COTABATO PROVINCE — A river of tears shed, as Michelle, the mother of the minor who admitted killing the children of the couple Cruz and Lovella Maguad met on December 30, 2021 in Barangay Tawantawan here.
Michelle, the mother of the Kristine, a minor who confessed killing Crizzle Gwynn, 18 and Crizvlle Louis, 16 Maguad, knelt before the couple at the tombs of her victims at the cemetery.
Mr. Maguad said, Kristine. in her extra-judicial confession admitted killing the victims, but he suspects somebody is behind the gory crime as the autopsy showed there was anger the way the two children was killed. Gwynn’s body was mutilated.
Despite the painful incident, Mr. Maguad lift Michelle as Kristine’s half-sister Juliet hugged and asked forgiveness to Mrs. Maguad.
“I am so sorry Mam/Sir, I know how it feels mam, I know that. Every time I see their photos, I cannot hold my tears, that’s the truth, I feel how you feel,” the crying Michelle told the couple kneeling.
The couple lift Michelle and told her she does not need to kneel.
During their conversation, Lovella told Michelle “If only I can make you feel how painful it is. But, I don’t have the courage to do that, all I want, What I am asking—you are the only person who can ask her to tell the truth.”
The couple told Michelle “You know I don’t know until when can I bear this. Our lives stopped, Sometimes we are motionless, it is tiresome to stand, they are our world.”
Cruz told Michelle “There is nothing we can give to our children, they are gone. Please help us.”
Michelle answered the couple “It is so painful, I feel relief, we need to know who is behind this. Thank you mam/Sir for facing me, I can promise you, I will help to get justice, who is behind this”
Mrs. Maguad revealed her husband wakes up at 3:00 in the morning and talks to his children’s photo asking them to help search the brain behind their gory death on December 10, 2021,
Newsline team brought the mother and half-sister of Kristine before the Maguad couple to personally talk as everyone grieves over the act committed by a minor child.
From the cemetery, we brought Michelle and her sister to the DSWD Mlang.
Michelle asked the DSWD to talk to her child, but the DSWD did not allow the mother to talk to her child.