{"id":18546,"date":"2026-01-31T03:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18546"},"modified":"2026-02-02T00:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:50:23","slug":"police-presses-hunt-for-killers-of-policewoman-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/police-presses-hunt-for-killers-of-policewoman-son\/","title":{"rendered":"POLICE PRESS HUNT FOR KILLERS OF POLICEWOMAN, SON"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OPERATIVES of the Philippine National Police have intensified their hunt for the killers of a policewoman and her son whose bodies were found dumped in separate areas in Pulilan, Bulacan and Victoria, Tarlac.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police Senior Master Sergeant Diana Marie Mollenido, who was assigned with the NCRPO Regional Personnel and Records Management Division, was found with a gunshot wound in the head while her 8-year-old son, John Ysmael, died of asphyxia by suffocation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The policewoman\u2019s body was found wrapped in cloth, placed inside a black garbage bag, and covered with plastic .<\/strong><\/p>\n

The son was also found wrapped in a black garbage bag.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both the mother and her son went missing since January 16 until their bodies were found separately in Bulacan and Tarlac.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The decomposing body of the policewoman was discovered along\u00a0the Pulilan\u2013Baliuag Bypass Road in Pulilan, Bulacan while her son was found in a calamansi farm in Victoria Tarlac.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. assured justice for the slain cop and her son.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The top cop mobilized all available resources to resolve the brutal twin murder as he ordered the National Capital Region Police and the Police Regional Office 3 to prioritize the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria police chief Maj. Marty A. Calara said the body of the boy was discovered at a calamansi farm owned by barangay captain Sandy Torres.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday<\/strong>, the slain policewoman\u2019s estranged husband John positively identified the body found in a calamansi farm in Victoria, Tarlac as his son.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The discovery of the young boy\u2019s body came days after the decomposing body of his mother was discovered in Pulilan on January 25.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two \u201cpersons of interest\u201d are being investigated in the gruesome murder of the Mollenidos. One is the husband of the victim who is also a police officer while the other is the agent of the policewoman\u2019s car.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authorities are investigating if robbery has something to do with the killing since the policewoman was carrying \u00a0some P400,000 on the time she and her son disappeared.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Nartatez has ordered the creation of a Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) to handle the case. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Probers were assigned to gather all available CCTV footages and interview multiple witnesses to solve the twin killing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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