The City Prosecution Office (CPO) has found sufficient grounds to file kidnapping charges in court against a house helper who abducted the four-year-old child of her employer last January 9.
Charged before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) was Julita Quijoy, 39, a native of San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur.
In a resolution approved by CPO officer-in-charge Victor Sepulveda, Prosecutor II Faisal Padate indicted Quijoy to kidnapping charges based on the complaint of the child’s mother, a resident of Barangay Catalunan Grande.
With the filing of the case, Talomo Police Station commander Chief Inspector Alfredo Santillana said the case is now closed.
“The case is closed because the case has been filed. Anytime soon she will be transferred to the Davao City Jail once the order comes out,” he said.
Santillana said police investigated a certain “Ryan” whom Quijoy had pointed to as her co-conspirator but he was immediately released.
“We investigated Ryan and we found that he was only a textmate of Quijoy. He had nothing to do with the kidnapping,” Santillana said.
Court records showed that on January 9, 2015, the mother received a text message informing her that her child was kidnapped.
Another helper, identified as Juditha Camad, narrated to the police that she saw Quijoy bringing with her the child and told her they would only to go to a nearby store.
But the mother later received a text message from Quijoy telling her she would bring the child to Manila, prompting the complainant to seek police assistance at the Talomo Police Station.
Talomo police operatives traced the suspect and the child in Cotabato City on the way to Zamboanga.
In coordination with other law enforcement agencies in Central Mindanao, Talomo police operatives cornered Quijoy in Cotabato City at around 12:15 p.m. on January 10, 2015.
During the police investigation, Quijoy admitted taking the child to be brought to Zamboanga, intending to demand for P100,000 from the parents.
During an interview with media, the suspect also said she had planned to sell the child for P100,000 in Zamboanga City.
Following her arrest, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned Davao residents to be careful in hiring house helpers. FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA with PNA
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