Julie Ann Rodelas, a 20-year-old model, was killed last week to teach her a "lesson" about spreading gossip, one of the suspects in the case said. The body of Rodelas, who is identified in some reports as an ABS-CBN talent, was dumped on 18th Avenue in Murphy, Cubao.
Jaime Sinapit of InterAksyon.com reports murder suspect Althea Altamirano, also a model, said she did not know her boyfriend, Fernando Quiambao Jr, meant to kill Rodelas for allegedly spreading a rumor that Altamirano had two kids. "Pumayag lang po ako na turuan lang ng leksyon. Di ko akalain na papatayin (I only agreed that she be taught a lesson. I did not think she would be killed)," Altamirano said.
Altamirano and Rodales were at the World Trade Center on November 5 when Rodales was grabbed by two men and dragged into a Mitsubishi Montero. "Sa sobrang taranta ko...Gusto ko bumalik gusto ko siya hilahin...Kasalanan ko bakit siya nakuha (I was in panic...I wanted to go back and drag her back...It's my fault why she was taken)," InterAksyon.com quotes Altamirano as saying.
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