MANILA, Philippines - After going missing for three days, the lifeless body of Lorenzo Peña, a 22-year-old call center agent and mountain climber, was found at a building located in Hernandez Street, San Lorenzo Village in Makati on Monday, June 27 at around 3 p.m.
Based on the investigation of Makati Philippine National Police (PNP), Peña was seen entering the building on Friday, June 24 at around 9:30 pm. Regine Dioleste, the daughter of the caretaker of the building, claimed Peña trespassed in the said building.
This prompted Percival Diolete, the building’s caretaker, to seek the help of barangay officials to find Peña inside the building. Although Peña wasn’t found that night, his ID was discovered inside the stock room of the building.
Through the ID, Diolete was able to contact Peña’s father Arthur to inform him that his son had trespassed in the building but had immediately gone missing.
On Monday, Arthur with help of security guards from San Lorenzo Village searched for Peña inside the building. They found Peña’s body floating on flooded water about 5-feet deep at the 5th level basement of the building. It was reported that Peña’s body was in the stage of decomposition beyond recognition.
Arthur positively identified his son through his clothes and personal belongings such as his 2 cellphones, wallet, money, several IDs and fan knife.
On Tuesday, June 28, Peña’s sister Alex revealed on Facebook that her brother’s body has been found.
“His body is currently being autopsied as of tonight. Please watch out for further details with my brother's wake,” Alex wrote.
A certain Ralph Cayari Marquez posted Peña’s Facebook conversation with Dream Adventure, a climb organizer. According to Marquez, Peña wasn’t able to join the climb organized by Dream Adventure on June 24, the day he was last seen.
--Mini, The Summit Express
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| The lifeless body of Lorenzo Peña, a 22-year-old call center agent and mountain climber, was found at a building located in San Lorenzo Village in Makati on Monday June 27. PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/ Lorenzo Peña |
This prompted Percival Diolete, the building’s caretaker, to seek the help of barangay officials to find Peña inside the building. Although Peña wasn’t found that night, his ID was discovered inside the stock room of the building.
Through the ID, Diolete was able to contact Peña’s father Arthur to inform him that his son had trespassed in the building but had immediately gone missing.
On Monday, Arthur with help of security guards from San Lorenzo Village searched for Peña inside the building. They found Peña’s body floating on flooded water about 5-feet deep at the 5th level basement of the building. It was reported that Peña’s body was in the stage of decomposition beyond recognition.
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| PNP Makati’s Spot Report on Peña’s death. PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Jitesh Goswami |
On Tuesday, June 28, Peña’s sister Alex revealed on Facebook that her brother’s body has been found.
“His body is currently being autopsied as of tonight. Please watch out for further details with my brother's wake,” Alex wrote.
A certain Ralph Cayari Marquez posted Peña’s Facebook conversation with Dream Adventure, a climb organizer. According to Marquez, Peña wasn’t able to join the climb organized by Dream Adventure on June 24, the day he was last seen.
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| PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook/Ralph Cayari Marquez |
