Case #GJKM7721
Disyembre 12, 1977
Ti San Aguiral Funeral Home ket agrakrakayan. Tallo nga aldaw ti napalabas idi kinasapulan a panawanda daytoy gapu iti posible a panagsawaw ti gas iti pasdek. Naserraan ti lugar ken awan ti mabalin nga umasideg iti arubayan iti dayta a panawen.
Idi nagturposen ti pannakaserrana, nadiskubre dagiti inspektor ti nakaal-alinggaget a buya. Nagkaraiwara dagiti bangkay iti uneg ti morge. Immuna nga impapanda nga nagpabettak ti siasinoman nga akin-aramid iti eksplusibo kadagiti bangkay iti saanpay a masinunuo a rason. Makitkitada a kasla amin a panagbettak ket iti isu metla a disso, ket iti naun-uneg nga imbestigasyon, rumrummuar nga amin a panagbettak ket naggapu iti tian dagiti bangkay. Awan met ti nabirokanda a pulbora ti eksplusibo.
Naaramid ti umuna nga imbestigasyon iti sumagmamano nga aldaw, gapu ta saanen a malasin no siasino a bangkay ti akinbagi ti ania a parte. Naibaga kadagiti pamilya dagiti biktima ket nakasuan met ti funeral home iti gross negligence.
Maipagarup a kaso a kriminal ti napasamak ngem saan a maibaga dagiti imbestigador ti kinasiasino dagiti nagaramid. Idi malpas ti autopsia, naduktalan nga adda kagat a marka kadagiti dadduma a bangkay a simmarut agingga iti tulang. Iti panangamirisda kadagiti rekord, naammuan dagiti imbestigador a saanpay a nabalsamar dagiti adda kagatna a bangkay.
Mapattapatta a nakaro ti kinarungsot ti tao a sapsapulen dagiti pulis. Ti wagas ti krimen ket saanpay a mailawlawag, ngem natalged dagiti imbestigador a mabaelanda a duktalan ti nakaigappuan daytoy a nakaal-aliaw a krimen.
Iti agdama, awan pay ti suspetsa a madakamat. Nakalukat pay laeng ti kaso.
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English Version
Case # GJKM7721
December 12, 1977
The San Aguilar Funeral Home was in a state of complete disarray. 3 days earlier the funeral home had to be evacuated due to a possible gas leak in the building. The whole area was put under a blockade and no person was allowed within the premises for that period.
After the blockade was lifted, the inspectors discovered a gruesome sight. All the corpses in the morgue were splattered across the area. Preliminary theories were that the perpetrator had used explosives on the bodies for some unknown purpose. It seems as if all the explosions were localized, further investigation and autopsies revealed that the blasts all originated from the stomach area of the corpses. No explosive residue was found.
The preliminary investigation took several days, as it was difficult to ascertain which body parts belonged to which corpse. The families of the victims were informed and the funeral home is now under a suit for gross negligence.
The case does seem criminal in nature, but the profile of the perpetrator eludes the investigators. Once the autopsies were completed it was found that certain bodies had bite marks going all the way into the bones. Looking through the records, the investigators realized that all the bodies with bite marks had yet to be embalmed.
It would seem that the police are dealing with a highly deranged individual. The method of the crime has yet to be discerned but the investigators are confident that they will be able to track down the cause of these heinous acts.
Currently, no suspects have been considered. The case remains open.
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*Ilocano is the third most-spoken local language of the Philippines.An Austronesian language, it is related to such languages as Malay (Indonesian and Malaysian), Tetum, Chamorro, Fijian, Maori, Hawaiian, Samoan, Tahitian, Paiwan and Malagasy. It is closely related to some of the other Austronesian languages of Northern Luzon, and has slight mutual intelligibility with the Balangao language and the eastern dialects of the Bontoc language.
Written by Karl Gaverza
Ilocano translation by Maria Jesusa Villaruz
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Translation Copyright © Maria Jesusa Villaruz
Story inspired by Calag entry in Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology. Ramos. 1971..
Calag Illustration by Leandro Geniston from Aklat ng mga Anito
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