Disappearance of Catherine Camilon
Catherine Camilon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Catherine Manguerra Camilon January 4, 1997 |
| Disappeared | 12 October 2023 (aged 26) Lemery, Batangas, Philippines |
| Status | Missing for 6 months and 19 days |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss FIT Philippines 2023 Miss Grand Tuy 2023 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Black |
| Major competition(s) |
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Catherine Manguerra Camilon (born January 4, 1997) is a Filipino model, schoolteacher, and beauty pageant titleholder.[1]
Camilon went missing while driving her car from her hometown Tuy to Batangas City for a meeting. She was last seen on October 12, 2023 at XentroMall Lemery in Lemery, Batangas.[2][3] She also phoned her mother to inform her that she was already at a gasoline station in Bauan.[4]
Police are treating her disappearance as a kidnapping, as witnesses have reported her bloody, unconscious body being removed from her car and transferred to another vehicle.[5][6][7]
The Philippine Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs per Senator Raffy Tulfo issued a subpoena ad testificandum to main suspect Police Major Allan de Castro and his driver-bodyguard Jefrrey Magpantay who were accused of kidnapping and illegal detention. De Castro was dismissed from service on January 16, 2024. [8]
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References[edit]
- ^ Bravo, Frances Karmel S. (10 November 2023). "Who is Catherine Camilon?". pep.ph. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Purnell, Kristofer (19 October 2023). "Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon officially declared 'missing'". Philstar. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Mallari, Delfin Jr. (9 January 2024). "Suspect in disappearance of beauty queen surrenders". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Basina, Carby (18 October 2023). "Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon officially declared 'missing person'". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Rappler.com (15 November 2023). "Police officer charged with kidnapping of Miss Grand PH contestant Catherine Camilon". rappler.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Mallari, Delfin Jr.; Cabalza, Dexter (15 November 2023). "'Worst' feared as beauty queen remains missing". inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "DNA found in SUV matches with DNA of missing beauty queen Catherine Camilon's relatives". Rappler. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Mateo, Janvic (27 February 2024). "Senate panel orders subpoena of primary suspect in Catherine Camilon case". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 February 2024.