The police official implicated in the disappearance of beauty pageant contestant Catherine Camilon has personally apologized to national police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr. for dragging the entire organization into the incident.
Police Maj. Gen. Romeo Caramat, director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said he accompanied Police Maj. Allan de Castro in a meeting with Acorda on Wednesday morning, Nov. 15, when he was tasked to give an update on the case of Camilon.
“Major Allan de Castro admitted that he knows the victim. According to him, they had, shall we say, illicit relationship, because he is a married man,” said Caramat.
Based on the CIDG investigation, Camilon was supposed to meet de Castro on Oct. 12 in Batangas City.
She then went missing on that day and police are still optimistic that she would be found alive soon.
According to Caramat, de Castro invoked his right to remain silent when asked if he had something to do with the disappearance of Camilon.
“We could not force him to say whatever his knowledge on the case because we respect his constitutional rights by invoking his right to remain silent,” said Caramat.
“The instruction of the Chief PNP, because he apologized for dragging the entire organization, is to face the investigation like a real man,” he added.
Meanwhile, Caramat disclosed that the family of Camilon has already committed to provide DNA samples that would be used by the police to match with the hair strand and blood samples that were recovered inside a vehicle where a bloodied body was seen being taken out.
The car, a red Honda CRV, was recovered after two witnesses appeared before the CIDG to tell investigators of what they had witnessed.