{"id":7141,"date":"2024-07-12T02:15:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=7141"},"modified":"2024-07-12T02:15:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T18:15:06","slug":"australian-couple-filipina-companion-found-dead-in-posh-tagaytay-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2024\/07\/12\/australian-couple-filipina-companion-found-dead-in-posh-tagaytay-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN COUPLE, FILIPINA COMPANION FOUND DEAD IN POSH TAGAYTAY HOTEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>AN Australian couple and their Filipina companion on Thursday were found dead inside a hotel in Tagaytay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tagaytay City Police Station identified the victims as Australian national David James Fisk, 57; his Philippine-born Australian citizen wife Lucita Barquin Cortez, 55, and Mary Jane Cortez, 30, from Oriental Mindoro.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Jane is the daughter-in-law of Lucita.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The bodies of the victims were found inside a room of The Lake Hotel in Bgy Maharlika West, Tagaytay City at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hotel staff &nbsp;Allan Manza told police that he went to Room 104 where the victims checked-in to remind them that it was their time to check-out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manza said that after several knocks, he received no response prompting him to open the door and found the victims lying face down and lifeless.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The hotel management immediately called the police.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was learned that the Australian couple were vacationing in the Philippines when slain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tagaytay Mayor Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino expressed condolences to the families of the victims as he ordered the Tagaytay police to immediately solve the killings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cavite Police Provincial Office Director Col. 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