In versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3, Maria Labo is said to be a nurse
In version 1.4, Maria Labo worked as a caregiver ; and a household helper in version 1.5 Maria Labo has a family to sustain but eventually giving in to her “aswang” urges in versions 1.1 up to 1.4, but in version 1.5, there was no information given about her family All of the versions vary from each other in terms of where the story originated from The first four versions stated that Maria Labo killed her own children, but in the fifth version, Maria Labo killed the sole child of her employer All versions described Maria Labo with a scar on her face except in version 1.3 In the first and fifth version of the story, Maria Labo’s reason for being as “aswang” were not clearly stated In the second version, Maria Labo acquired her “aswang” nature from her employer; in the third version, she became an “aswang” from the stone bequeathed by her mother; in the fourth version, she acquired a strange power which was in fact a curse from her employer in exchange for wealth