Tricked (COMPLETED)

Article 1 - Section 19

The first victim was found on January 13, 2020, Friday at 8:30 in the evening, the remains were found in front of the Torres Ancestral House by Raquel Vigo a hired helper, after a suspicious knock on the doors.

The body was contained in a small package bag, chopped into pieces.

It was then recognized as Gianna Joy Romualdez-Torres. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Torres Family. 52 years old and currently working as a chief accountant in Happy Bank.

According to her husband, Dennis V. Torres III, the victim went out that morning at 7:00 am to work as per her usual routine. She had called their youngest daughter, Dea R. Torres, 22 years old, at 12:00 noon to ask her daughter to bring over her hypertension medicines that she accidentally left at home.

It was 2:00 pm, when the surveillance videos of the bank showed the arrival of Dea R. Torres with the victim's medicine. The assistant manager went inside the victim's office to inform her of her daughter's arrival. At 2:10 pm, the manager went out of the victim's office without the victim.

The investigation shows that there was no one who saw the victim leaving the office.

During the interrogation with Dea R. Torres, her mom was known to be an outgoing person. So when the bank managers told her that her mother's not in the office she just assumed that she went out to meet a friend or grab something to eat. She left the medicines on the care of one of the assistants and went back to their house.

I stopped reading the case reports and started to massage my temples.

This case is so creepy!

Why would someone chopped off an old lady, put her remains inside a box and deliver it outside her parents-in-law's house?

Okay, I'm seriously not made for this job!

Binalingan ko na lang ang patient chart na pinrint ko kanina.

Napataas ang kilay ko habang binabasa ang chart. It turned out that the child witness is currently confined sa trauma hospital na pinagtratrabahuhan ko before.

Maybe I should drop-by tomorrow to check on him and maybe I can bring Eliza with me as well so she can finally see Nurse Sally and the rest.

With that in mind, pinatay ko na ang study lamp ko, naghilamos muli bago ako tumuloy sa kama namin at tumabi ng higa kay Eliza.

I have a long day tomorrow.

"Doc Febe!" Tuwang tuwang bati ni Nurse Sally ng masalubong namin siya sa may reception area ng hospital.

"Nurse Sally! It's nice to see you again." Nakangiti ko ring bati sa kanya.

Naramdaman ko namang bahagyang hinahatak ni Eliza ang dulo ng damit ko kaya naman natatawa ko siya hinawakan sa kamay at bahagya pina una para makita ng kausap.

"Oh my God! Is this Eliza?" Manghang tanong ni Nurse Sally habang nakatabon pa ang palad sa bibig dahil sa gulat.

"Hi po!" Masiglang bati ng bata sa kanya.

"Ang laki laki mo na!" Nakangiting saad ni Nurse Sally at bahagya pang nagsquat sa harap ni Eliza para makita ito ng maayos.

"You're Nurse Sally po? Mama told me that you took care of me before among with other nurses." I saw Nurse Sally's eyes turns red when she heard my daughter.

"Thank you for taking care of me, Nurse Sally." Ani Eliza at ipinaikot ang maliliit niyang braso sa leeg ng nurse para mayakap ito.

Napangiti naman ako ng makitang niyakap rin si Eliza pabalik ni Nurse Sally, naluluha man ay nakangiti ito habang marahang hinahaplos ang buhok ng bata.

"Umuwi po pala kayo Doc?" Tanong ni Nurse Sally habang ginagabayan kami papunta sa nurse's station para mameet ni Eliza ang iba pang nurses.

"Ikakasal kasi yung kaibigan ko kaya umuwi kami and oh, pwedeng iwan ko muna sandali si Eliza sayo? I just have a patient to check here." Agad naman itong pumayag kaya nag paalam muna ako sa bata bago umalis.

I took my time going to the witness' designated room.

Akmang kakatok na ako ng makarinig ako ng nagsasalita sa loob ng kwarto.

Napakunot ang noo ko dahil doon, according to the charts I've read the child is not speaking at all, at least since the very beginning of the investigation.

"Miggy naman! Kailangan mong mag salita para kay Ate! Ano gusto mo bang magkakahiwalay tayo?" After eavesdropping, I concluded that this was Lolita Gomez, the older sister of the witness and at the same time the younger sister of the prime suspect.

Nang natahimik na sa loob ay nagdesisyon na akong kumatok na agad namang pinag buksan.

"Hi! Good morning, I am Doctor Febe Gonzales, I was send by the authorities. I'm here to check on Miggy's condition." Nakangiti kong bati ng pag buksan ako ng pintuan.

Nang tuluyan akong makapasok sa kwarto ay doon ko lang nakumpirma na si Lolita Gomez nga ang babae. Pasimple ko itong sinulyapan at inobserbahan bago ko itinuon ang pansin sa pinakabata sa magkakapatid.

Miggy Gomez. The authorities claims that he had witnessed some of her oldest sister's heinous crimes.

Pauline Gomez was caught on the act of placing the chopped remains of the last victim, Vivian Torres, in a packaging box. This case was considered a serial case since may pattern ang pagpatay na nangyayari.

Every victim is a woman coming from the Torres Family. The murder happens every after fifteen days. The whole Torres family was so devastated after ten of their family members had been  brutally murdered. So when the prime suspect was caught, of course they just won't let this go.

But there is insufficient evidences that Pauline Gomez killed all those women. And the only witness the authorities have is Pauline's youngest sibling, Miggy. The child was found hiding in a closet in the crime scene.

According to the reports even Pauline was shocked to see his brother hiding in the closet after she was arrested by the police.

But to everyone's despair, the child wouldn't say even a single word. After a few psychological tests, it turned out that the child experienced severe trauma that disabled him to speak.

He might recover soon but that will all depends on his will to recover.

"Hi Miggy! I'm Doctor Febe." Pagpapakilala ko sa sarili.

The child was staring at me as if may gusto siyang sabihin, he opened his mouth but immediately closed it afterwards and covered himself with the blanket.

"Pasensya na ho Doc. Ganyan na si Miggy simula nung nangyari. Close kasi sila ni Ate Pau kaya siguro hindi niya kinaya." Malungkot na pahayag ni Lolita.

I observed her as she was trying to coaxed his brother to talk to me but I stopped her when the kid started to cry.

That's not good for him.

"No, it's okay. Just let him be. He needs time to heal." Saad ko habang nakatingin sa bata habang sinisiksik nito ang sarili sa pader.

Tinanong ko lang si Lolita tungkol sa ilang bagay tungkol sa kalagayan ni Miggy bago ako tuluyang nag paalam at lumabas ng kwarto.

Pagkasarado ng pintuan ay sandali lo muna iyong tinitigan bago ako tuluyang naglakad palayo habang nagdadial sa cellphone.

"Hey, Feb! Whatsup?"

"Chest, send me information about Lolita Gomez, asap."