MANILA: A senior Philippine police official stated on Friday (Dec 6) that an American kidnapped within the southern a part of the nation was most certainly useless, with authorities nonetheless trying to find these concerned in his abduction.
American Elliot Eastman was kidnapped by 4 unidentified males from his residence on Oct 17 in Mindanao, a southern island wracked in earlier many years by ransom kidnappings which have since waned.
Police stated the abductors shot Eastman when he tried to flee earlier than dragging him onto a ship that sped off the coast of Sibuco municipality.
Since then, one suspect was arrested in November, and police had additionally questioned a witness.
Each stated Eastman had died whereas on the boat journey, performing regional police spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramoncelio Sawan advised AFP on Friday.
“This witness is a relative of one of many suspects. One of many suspects advised (the witness) that on the night time they kidnapped Eastman … they seen he was already useless on account of his gunshot wounds in order that they determined to only throw his physique into the ocean,” Sawan stated.
“Ever because the incident, we’ve not obtained any demand for ransom from his abductors. This is likely to be due to his dying,” he added.