Ricardo Zulueta, one of the accused in the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid, has died, police said Saturday.
A former deputy security officer of the Bureau of Corrections , Zulueta, died on Friday night due to heart failure, the police report said.Zulueta's brother Ronald rushed him to the Bataan Peninsula Medical Center in Dinalupihan town, where he was declared dead at 11 p.m.His body was then brought to a funeral home and later transferred to Barangay Mabiga in Hermosa town.Zulueta was 42 years old.
Lapid was shot dead in Las Piñas City on October 3, 2022, while Villamor died at the NBP on October 18.An autopsy by forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun showed the remains of Villamor to have a “history of asphyxia by plastic bag suffocation.”In March 2023, the DOJ said "sufficient circumstantial evidence has been presented to establish that he masterminded the assassination" of Lapid, whose real name is Percival Mabasa.
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