Stephen Requina, city fire marshal, identified the fatalities as Maricel Roxas, 33, her children Robert, 10; Langoy, 4; JP, 2, and Niño, 3 months old; and her nephew, Edwardo, 8.0Only one of her sons, Benedict, 13, survived although he suffered second degree burns. The fire broke out in the victims’ house on Phase 8, Barangay 176, at 2:45 a.m. The family was asleep and had left a candle burning because there was no electricity. Maj. Wilfredo Sangel, Pasay police investigation chief, said that they were looking at drugs or “personal vendetta” as possible motives for the killing of the victim. Cruzin was with the Taguig police until his dismissal from the service after his arrest in November 2012 in a drug bust.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 23, 2019 21:11 UTC