Disappearance of Catherine Camilon

Filipina model, went missing in 2023

  • Miss Grand Philippines 2023
  • (unplaced)

Catherine Manguerra Camilon (born January 4, 1997) is a Filipino model, schoolteacher, and beauty pageant titleholder.[1]

Camilon went missing while driving her car from her hometown Tuy to Batangas City for a meeting. She was last seen on October 12, 2023 at XentroMall Lemery in Lemery, Batangas.[2][3] She also phoned her mother to inform her that she was already at a gasoline station in Bauan.[4]

Police are treating her disappearance as a kidnapping, as witnesses have reported her bloody, unconscious body being removed from her car and transferred to another vehicle.[5][6][7]

The Philippine Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs per Senator Raffy Tulfo issued a subpoena ad testificandum to main suspect Police Major Allan de Castro and his driver-bodyguard Jefrrey Magpantay who were accused of kidnapping and illegal detention. De Castro was dismissed from service on January 16, 2024.[8]

See also

  • 2021–2022 Luzon sabungero disappearances
  • Murder of Geneva Lopez
  • List of kidnappings
  • List of people who disappeared

References

  1. ^ Bravo, Frances Karmel S. (10 November 2023). "Who is Catherine Camilon?". pep.ph. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Purnell, Kristofer (19 October 2023). "Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon officially declared 'missing'". Philstar. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. ^ Mallari, Delfin Jr. (9 January 2024). "Suspect in disappearance of beauty queen surrenders". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ Basina, Carby (18 October 2023). "Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate Catherine Camilon officially declared 'missing person'". GMA Integrated News. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ Rappler.com (15 November 2023). "Police officer charged with kidnapping of Miss Grand PH contestant Catherine Camilon". rappler.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ Mallari, Delfin Jr.; Cabalza, Dexter (15 November 2023). "'Worst' feared as beauty queen remains missing". inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  7. ^ "DNA found in SUV matches with DNA of missing beauty queen Catherine Camilon's relatives". Rappler. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ^ Mateo, Janvic (27 February 2024). "Senate panel orders subpoena of primary suspect in Catherine Camilon case". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 February 2024.