Arcel Regio
Age 5023 Feb 2024
San Juan, Batangas (Philippines)
Stabbed
TDoR list ref: tgeu/tdor2024/23-Feb-2024/Arcel Regio
Arcel's body was found in a river with stab wounds. They were last seen getting onto a motorcycle with a man.
A private tutor who is a member of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) died after being stabbed and thrown into the river in Sitio Tipaz Sulok, Barangay Tipaz, San Juan, Batangas.
The transgender victim was identified as Arcel Regio, a 50-year-old resident of the said barangay. According to the San Juan police report, their body was discovered in the Malaking Ilog river in Barangay Tipaz at 12:10 noon this Friday.
According to their brother, Donald Regio, who found the body, he searched for it after [Arcel did not return home] after leaving at 3:00am. A man allegedly picked them up and the two got on a motorcycle.
While searching for them, he found traces of blood from the barangay road to the grass that led to the riprap on the side of the river. The police immediately formed a search and retrieval team to clear the river and after a few minutes, the victim's body was found at the bottom.
They had been stabbed an undetermined number of times in various parts of the body.
The police are investigating a man from the village who is said to be the victim's boyfriend, but it is not certain if this is the same man who picked them up in the early morning.
Source: AR Arcon / LakanBini Trans Network
https://tonite.abante.com.ph/2024/02/24/transgender-kinatay-na-nilunod-pa/
https://tutubi.ph/private-tutor-pinatay-at-inihulog-sa-ilog-sa-batangas/
