Filipino construction worker who murdered 17-year-old girl finally caught in Zamboanga 

Loella Jaganas Acaylar was found dead after went missing

By Edward Era Barbacena 

The Philippines, though has become relatively safe after the Duterte administration had cleaned up the different streets of almost all cities, still there are few horrendous crimes are taking place.

There are horrific crimes of murders and rapes of teens and culprits for some reasons are visayan construction workers.  This is one of the leading causes of discrimination against the Visayan people

Police have arrested on Thursday, July 27, a visayan construction worker tagged for the murder of a 17-year-old student here.

Col. Alexander Lorenzo, chief of the local police force, led the operation that resulted in the capture of the 29-year old man, the prime suspect in the killing of Loella Jaganas Acaylar, a Grade 11 student at the Culianan National High School.

Lorenzo did not identify the suspect but said the man was "arrested during the swift, coordinated, and strategic hot pursuit." He said Thursday's operation involved members of the Zamboanga City Police Office, the Special Investigation Unit-Criminal Investigation and Detection Management Unit, 1st Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company, Zamboanga City Police Station 4 in Culianan village, and village officials of Pasobolong village.

"The suspect is a construction worker and a resident of Pasobolong. Furthermore, the suspect was positively identified by an eyewitness," Lorenzo said without further elaborating.

He said the police have interrogated the alleged killer to determine the motive of the killing.

Acaylar was reported missing after she failed to come home Tuesday, July 25. Her family said the victim went to a friend's house to return a dress she had borrowed. Her body was discovered the next day by civilians in a bushy area in Pasobolong.

Her bags and other personal items were also found near the body. It was not immediately known whether the victim was raped or not until the results of the post-mortem examination are completed.