An Australian in his 50s, Philippine-born wife and her relative discovered with hands and feet tied in a room at Lake Hotel in Tagaytay
with their hands and feet tied in a room at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay, a resort city south of the nation’s capital.
The victims have been named in media reports as David James Fisk, 57, his wife, Lucita Barquin Cortez, 55, a Philippine-born Australian citizen, and a younger relative of Cortez. Tagaytay’s police chief, Charles Daven Capagcuan, said the motive for the killings was not known and some valuables, including the victims’ phones, had not been taken.Footage showed a man wearing a mask and a hoodie and carrying a sling bag walking out of the victims’ room a few hours before their bodies were discovered, Capagcuan said.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs also did not reveal the Australians identities but confirmed it was providing consular assistance to their families.Tagaytay’s mayor, Abraham Tolentino, said he was shocked by the discovery and apologised to the victims’ families.The couple had flown from Sydney to Bali for a holiday then went to the Philippines on Monday to visit her two children, and decided to take a short break in Tagaytay before returning to Australia, a relative of the woman said.
The remains of Fisk would be flown back to Sydney and the two women would be buried in the Philippines, Tolentino said.
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