Eleven men charged with gang rape and murder of an air stewardess who was found dead in bathtub of luxury Philippines hotel on New Year’s Day
- Christine Angelica Dacera, 23, was celebrating New Year’s Eve with colleagues
- They awoke to find the flight attendant unconscious in the bathtub with injuries
- She died from her injuries and police say there is evidence of sexual assault
- They have provisionally charged 11 men but are awaiting forensic reports
Eleven men have been charged with gang rape and murder after a flight attendant was found dead in a hotel bathtub in the Philippines.
Christine Angelica Dacera, 23, was celebrating New Year’s Eve in the lavish City Garden Hotel with friends last week.
She had checked in with colleagues to the four-star hotel in the financial city of Makati ready for a night of celebration.
Eleven men have been charged with gang rape and murder after flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera was found dead
She had checked in with colleagues to the four-star hotel in the financial city of Makati ready for a night of celebration
Dacera, 23, was celebrating New Year’s Eve in the lavish City Garden Hotel with friends last week
But one of her colleagues, Rommel Galida, woke up at around 10am and spotted her in the bathtub.
Galida thought Dacera, who boasted nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram, was asleep and covered her with a blanket before going back to bed.
But when Galida woke up several hours later, he found her unconscious and she had started to turn blue.
He raised the alarm and Dacera was given CPR, but failed to respond and was rushed to the Makati Medical Clinic where doctors pronounced her dead.
One of her colleagues, Rommel Galida, woke up at around 10am and spotted her in the bathtub
Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera and were in the adjacent hotel rooms
Investigators are waiting for an autopsy but said the young woman’s body had bruises and cuts on her thighs and knees.
They said her body also showed evidence she had been the victim of sexual assault.
Police have provisionally charged 11 men with rape and homicide who were with Dacera in the adjacent hotel rooms, local reports said.
Investigators are waiting for an autopsy but said the young woman’s body had bruises and cuts on her thighs and knees when they found her in the hotel (pictured)
Makati City police chief Col. Harold Depositar told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the charges are only provisionary because they are awaiting the autopsy findings and the toxicology report.
He said three of the 11 men have come forward while the others are still at large.
The investigation continues.
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