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February 8, 2007

You know how it is when you watch the news and the reality of horrible things happening doesn't really hit you until you realize that the one involved is actually someone you know?  

My cousin emailed me a video of a news report about a caregiver in an Anaheim vocational center who was caught slapping two mentally retarded men in two separate incidents.  He was subsequently arrested and is out on bail for $25,000.  Apparently, another caregiver recorded the slapping incidents on his cellphone and later on sold the cellphone to a co-worker, who then gave the information to the police. 

That person (who did the recording) is classified as a person of interest; the police want him for questioning.  He is now nowhere to be found.

He sounded so much like the brother of my classmate in elementary school.  And so I did a little sleuthing and found him on my classmate's Friendster list.  I compared the picture on his Friendster profile (the last time I saw him he was just a wee of a boy) to the one on the news report, and it looks like a match.  And the age certainly matched:  24.

He is not a suspect, just a person of interest.  But flight doesn't do well in these cases.  It makes one look guilty.  On the other hand, he may have reason to fear involvement in the case.  While the slapping was being recorded, taunting and laughing could be heard in the background.  If you were watching a crime being committed, that is complicity enough.  If you even so much as encouraged it, you are as guilty as if it was your hand committing the crime.  

I hope for hope's sake that I am wrong, that it's not him.  But I have a nagging feeling that I might be right.    

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jundics:

Hi jopie,
murag serious kaay kas imung new entries da! Take it easy….and tnx for sharing, i wouldnt have known such sensitivities….cheers to blogging!

himantayon:

agi agi lang :) ..

kat:

jops, i can’t open my personal mail here. :( but u can email me at aconsola@lexmark.com. :)

theicequeen:

hi isay! i’m fine… a li’l bit stressed out but fine. congrats diay oi! yehey! graduate na ka before you know it! so happy for you! :-)

theicequeen:

kaith, i sent you email. :-)

isay:

hoppin’..musta naka jopay??

Kat:

jops, are u going home here in cebu?? :)

tiris:

haha ka tag-an ko! haha! anyway, missya where have u been? abi ko niuli na ka. tawgi nya ko or tawgan tikaw hehe kutob kinsa kauna =P

theicequeen:

sus kaith, sugot jud ko! kana kung mo-salig ka nako. hehehe. baby-sitting newbie baya kaayo ko. ;-)

theicequeen:

bilib gyud ko nimo, tiris! hehehe. *wink wink*

Kat:

hi jops! sus, kung silingan lang unta ta no, i could leave raf with u. but then, he’s no angel. haha.

tiris:

jops, mao ni sya kadtong magpa drive nimo? hehehe!

theicequeen:

small world, mai noh, matud pang tiris. ;-)

mai:

i.hi ko ni ngoy (inger) and mike (luke)…

theicequeen:

aw, kung magkita mi’g balik, tiris. *assuming* hehehe. bitaw oi, they seemed like a really nice couple.

tiris:

how small the world gets. inger was my classmate in UP hehehe! super shy. how are they? send my regards if kaila pa sya hehe *uwaw*

theicequeen:

tiris, i never liked taylor hicks, right from the start. that whole soul patrol thing was just silly. no offense to his fans. katherine was the whole package. and i think she’s making the rounds of hollywood already.

theicequeen:

hi ‘ris! can’t wait to see your boracay pics! :-)

tiris:

jops, sakto ka about american idol. as in! ive always thought jasmine trias would look more like a pop star. and so does katherine mcphee!

Iris:

Nice to see the Ice Queen back! Now my reading repertoire is complete once again. :-D

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