00:00Julie Dondon Patidongan, aka Totoy, claims to be in the inner circle of cockfighting high priests and gambling Lord Atong Ang's trusted few.
00:09But the revival of the cold case of the 34 missing cockfighting gamers has left Totoy nowhere to go but to tell all what he knows about where the bodies lay and those behind the gruesome crime.
00:19A Ryan Lesigues has more on Elias Totoy in police custody and the survivors and loved ones of the missing cockfighting gamers who only want closure through the discovery and proper burial of the remains.
00:34Emotionally, some relatives of the missing cockfighters went to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group or CIDG.
00:40Their purpose, to request the cases of their missing loved ones be resolved.
00:43Francisca is pleading for help to find her son who was among the cockfighters that mysteriously disappeared four years ago.
00:50Her son, John Paul DeLuna Ramos, was one of the youngest to go missing.
00:53His mother begs that even recovery of his remains would suffice so they can at least give him a decent burial.
00:59She also asking for justice for what happened to her son.
01:02Bakit naman po ganun, napakasakit po para sa akin.
01:06Para naman pong halip na pinatayang akin, anak.
01:12Wala naman po para sa akin.
01:13Wala naman pong magulang na itataboy ang anak.
01:17The PNP assured to not ignore the revelations made by Elias Totoy.
01:21In fact, the 15 police officers allegedly involved in the disappearance of the cockfighters are now under restrictive custody.
01:27According to PNP Chief Police General Nicolás Torre III,
01:30they have started the investigation against these officers to initiate administrative and criminal charges.
01:35Isang sigurado rito, hinding-hindi namin sila bibigyan ng luwag, hinding-hindi namin sila bibigyan ng puwag na paglaruan ng ating mustisya.
01:43A lieutenant colonel is reportedly the highest-ranking officer involved in the case.
01:54Kundi ibigyan lang ng hustisya, itong mga naging biktima ng case na ito.
02:00Torre also confirmed that the whistleblower in the case of the missing cockfighter, Julie Patidongan alias Totoy, is under their protective custody.
02:07According to Torre, Totoy is in their care pending results of his application into the witness protection program
02:13and will be remanded over to the Department of Justice if need be.
02:16We have to put it under wraps to ensure na hindi ma-preempt ang aming mga moves.
02:22Kaya nga kami nakakuha ng voluminous evidence dahil medyo under the radar.
02:27Ang pagkuhan namin ng mga information na yan, nag-follow up kami para masiguradong matibay ang kaso.
02:33At present, the PNP is identifying other possible locations where the missing cockfighters might have been dumped.
02:38Torre emphasized they have information indicating that some bodies were disposed somewhere else besides Taal Lake.
02:44In addition, there are claims some cockfighters were searched while others were buried.
02:49Torre admitted that finding the bodies of the missing cockfighters is a major challenge for them.
