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mistaken identity. But then calls came one after the other. Some offered very
clear clues. On the victims tattoo was the word Jem and Roman numerals that
translate to July 28, 1996. Is that her nickname? Is that her birthday? Yes, said
Sir Rey who was losing whatever hope he still held on to. Nagulpiten ti tao.., he
said sobbing, wailing, and without propagating gender stereotypes, I say it struck
me so hard to see a typical macho like Sir Rey weep unrestrained. He cried for
justice even as the suspect was initially believed to be related to a powerful
political clan. Indeed, the trip to Sarrat was a crash course for me on the society
we live in today: the value of family (Sir Rey narrated both the joys and hardships
of fatherhood), the power and responsibility of the media and the Internet (and
how Sir Rey, also a media practitioner, was among the last to know), the weight
we give to education (Mai-mai was determined to graduate in April next year), our
strong faith in God (Dios ti makaammon, said Sir Rey as he immediately called
their church pastor who also immediately proceeded to the funeral home), and
the impacts of politico-economic imbalances (that feeling of powerlessness when
the suspect is believed to be influential). When we arrived in Sarrat, we decided
to go to the police first before proceeding to the funeral home. At the morgue, Sir
Rey confirmed what we hoped was just a confusion, a bad dream, or just a
distasteful joke. Jemima Keziah Andres, our beloved Mai-mai, is dead.
missing din daw ang fiancee/wife ng suspect na taga Cauayan Isabela ng 1 year and 3 months
na.
Families and friends of 19-year-old Jemima Kesha Mata Andres asked netizens to help find the
suspect allegedly responsible of her death.
The victim sustained wounds on her head which possibly causes her death.
According to the interview of the Bombo Radyo Laoag with victim's father, prior to his
daughter's death, he received a message from Jemima asking for 15,000 pesos worth of money
transfer and just send it to her boyfriend's name Francis Domingo Ortega because she didn't
have her ID card with her.
After the money was sent, the father lost contact with her to confirm if the money was received.
Until they struck with the news about the "brutal" death of their daughter.
Jemima Kesha Mata Andres is a senior student taking Bachelor of Arts, Major in English
Language in Marcos State University(MMSU) in Batac City, Province of Ilocos Norte.
The victim was last seen together with her boyfriend before her death making him the primary
suspect of the crime.
The father of the victim with Facebook name Rey Avilla Andres posted the photo of her
boyfriend which is hiding according to him.
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte police are verifying the real identity of the suspect in the rapeslaying of coed whose body was dumped beside a road in Barangay 22, San Cristobal, Sarrat town.
Senior Supt. Albert Ocon, Ilocos Norte police director, said Thursday that he received reports that the
suspect in the death of Jemima Kezia Mata Andres, a 4th year AB English student of the Mariano Marcos
State University (MMSU) in Batac City, is using many aliases.
Initially, the suspect was identified as a certain Francis Domingo or Kiko Ortega, reportedly the last
companion of the victim before her body with a gunshot wound in the head was found beside the road at
about 5 a.m. last Tuesday.
Actually, we got already a picture of the suspect from the victims friends, who frequently seen the
suspect in company with the victim, he said.
Ocon said that they are also verifying at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) the owner of the vehicle
seen by the witnesses being driven by the suspect when he picked up the victim.
The witnesses jot down the plate number of the vehicle.
Meanwhile, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos condemned the coeds killing as she called for the
immediate prosecution of the suspect.