Antonino Cirujales, sacked the police officers led by city police chief, Supt Eymard Gomez. He was succeeded by former Legazpi police chief Supt. In the afternoon of November 1, Senior Police Office (SPO) 3 Julios Romano told him to see Chief Insp. But the two suspects, he added, were returned to jail upon instruction of Valenzuela allegedly for further investigation. He said Valenzuela later ordered him to turn over Estipona and Obogne to Balderama who was then with P02 Mark Thom Semeniano.

Source: Manila Times November 15, 2017 13:07 UTC