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BEAUTY <\/strong>pageant contestant Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen were shot twice that caused their death, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to NBI Director Jaime Santiago, an autopsy done on the bodies of the 27-year-old Lopez and the 37-year-old Cohen showed that each of them was shot twice.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Santiago said Lopez had gunshot wounds at the back of her torso and thigh while Cohen was shot in the chest and near the armpit.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Members of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the PNP Forensic Group who exhumed the decomposing bodies of the two victims have collected some pieces of evidence, including a slug, which will be subjected to a cross-matching examination.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lopez and Cohen were found buried in a quarry site in Bgy. Sta. Lucia in Capas, Tarlac on Saturday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Relatives identified the victims through marks on their bodies and the clothes they were wearing when they were last seen.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A number of possible motives behind the gruesome crime, including a possible land conflict, are being looked into by the SITG Geneshak.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A brother of Cohen, however, said that the couple had already purchased the property several years ago and were about to get the land title when they disappeared.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two former members of the Angeles City Police Station were among the persons of interest in the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The two and the alleged driver, who pinpointed to the police the burial site after he was allegedly bothered by his conscience, are now in the custody of the police.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lopez and Cohen <\/strong>went missing last June 21 after they left their house in Angeles City for Capas, Tarlac to meet with a middleman, a former policeman, about the 20.5 hectares of farmland they were buying.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The gray Nissan Terra the couple were using was found burned on Cojuangco highway in Bgy. 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