Philippines, Australian Couple and Inlaw found dead in Philippines Hotel, 11th July 2024

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Philippines police reviewing CCTV footage after Australian couple found dead in hotel

The bodies of two Australians have been found in the Philippines and their families are receiving consular assistance from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

www.sbs.com.au

Police in the Philippines have launched a manhunt after two Australians were found dead at a luxury hotel alongside the body of a Filipina companion.

The bodies were discovered with their hands and feet tied in a room at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay, a popular resort city south of the nation's capital on Thursday.

The victims have been named in media reports as David James Fisk, 57, and his wife Lucita Barquin Cortez, 55, a Philippine-born Australian citizen.

 

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Australian David James Fisk, 57, his wife Lucita Barquin Cortez, 55, a Philippine-born Australian citizen were staying at The Lake Hotel, at Tagaytay in Cavite province, southwest of the Philippines capital of Manila.

A third person, reported to be Ms Cortez’s daughter-in-law Mary Jane Cortez, 30, was found with the couple is understood to be Filipino.

A hotel worker found the bodies of the victims on Wednesday, with a police statement reporting all three were found with their hands and feet bound and packaging tape covering their mouths.

Local police are looking for a man captured on CCTV, who was seen wearing a black hoodie and hiding his face as he entered a hotel room earlier in the morning.

Local police officer Jean Alagos told 9News the killer may be linked to Mary Jane Cortez.

Source: https://www.news.com.au/travel/trav...s/news-story/e197556af754f32b8ed2400213186db1

 

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David James Fisk, 57, and his wife Lucita Barquin Cortez were found dead in a hotel room in the Philippines

Mary Jane Cortez, 30, was also killed in the room, police say.

Police have launched a manhunt after CCTV revealed a man had left the couple’s room just a few hours before their bodies were found. Picture: Cavite Provincial Police Offic

 

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The bodies were discovered with their hands and feet tied in a room at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay, a resort city south of the nation’s capital

Family wants answers after ‘horrific’ deaths of Australian couple and relative in Philippine hotel

Sydney man David Fisk, his Philippine-born partner Lucita Cortez and her relative discovered with hands and feet tied at Lake Hotel in Tagaytay

www.theguardian.com

 

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MSN

The brutal deaths of an Australian couple killed in the Philippines could be linked to a third woman, police have confirmed.

David Fisk, 57, and his de facto partner Lucita Cortez, 55, were found dead in a room with their hands and feet tied by cleaning staff at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay city, south of Manila, about 1.35pm on Wednesday.

They were found next to the body of a third woman, Cortez's 30-year-old daughter-in-law Mary Jane Cortez.

Local police are hunting down a man captured on CCTV hiding his face and entering a hotel room with a key card earlier in the morning.

It's believed the killer could be linked to Mary.

 

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"We saw the male had a wound in his neck and his blood was all over the floor," Capagcuan told Reuters. The two dead women had no wounds, aside from a few bruises, he said, and the three bodies had been brought to a funeral home for an autopsy.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-probing-suspected-killing-australian-couple-filipino-hotel-2024-07-12/

 

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MSN

Few answers in Australian-Philippine triple-murder mystery​

 

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Sacked hotel worker arrested over killings of two Australians, Filipina

A disgruntled former hotel employee has been arrested over the killings of two Australians and a Filipina in the Philippines, a government official and police said Wednesday.

www.philstar.com

Sacked hotel worker arrested over killings of two Australians, Filipina​

MANILA, Philippines — A disgruntled former hotel employee has been arrested over the killings of two Australians and a Filipina in the Philippines, a government official and police said Wednesday.

The suspect was identified from CCTV footage as a former employee of the hotel, Tagaytay Mayor Abraham Tolentino told AFP.

The man, who had been sacked for stealing, had fled to a nearby province. He surrendered on Tuesday night and "admitted everything", Tolentino said.

"He said this was his revenge," Tolentino said.

 

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'Revenge' motive claim for Philippines hotel killings - InDaily

www.indaily.com.au

A former pool cleaner held over the killings of two Australians and their Filipina companion at a Philippines hotel had wanted to retaliate against the business for firing him, officials say.

 

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For some reason I got this thread confused with the recent news regarding the Bangkok hotel incident with 6 dead bodies found.

Thailand officials say poisoning possible as 6 found dead in Bangkok hotel, including Vietnamese Americans (Bangkok, Thailand)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thailand-bangkok-hotel-bodies-found-suspected-poisoning-vietnamese-americans/ An interesting case I haven’t seen on here yet today. I wonder when they say ‘poisoning’, will it be another CO2 case?

www.websleuths.com

Disheartening to read nonetheless.