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AC

I AM IN SHOCK AS I
WRITE THIS. I WAS
JUST INFORMED THAT
DOGGY DAVE WAS
MURDERED IN HIS
HOUSE AT 5 PM LAST
NIGHT. IT APPEARS TO
HAVE BEEN A ROBBERY BY TWO FILIPINO
MEN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SINCE
HE GAVE THEM ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE.
HIS NEIGHBOR (A FOREIGNER) HEARD
YELLING FROM THE HOUSE, “HELP, HELP”,
TOLD HIS WIFE AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
THE TV. BUT HE SAID “NO, IT SOUNDED
LIKE A REAL VOICE”. HE CALLED 117
(EMERGENCY #) AND IT TOOK THE POLICE
ONE HOUR TO ARRIVE. THE NEIGHBOR
SAW THE TWO MEN LEAVING AND WAS
ABLE TO GET THE LICENSE # OF THE
TRICYCLE. HOWARD ARRIVED ON THE
SCENE AT 7 PM. DOGGY LIVED IN
PLARIDEL NEAR BLUE FIELDS HOTEL.
THIS IS HORRIBLE NEWS AS DAVE HAD SO
MANY FRIENDS AND WOULD NOT HARM A
FLY. IF IT WAS ROBBERY THE BASTARDS
WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN MUCH AS DAVE
LIVED A SIMPLE LIFE. HIS DAUGHTER IS
COMING HOME FROM BAGUIO WHERE SHE
IS IN RESIDENCE COMPLETING HER TWO
YEAR REQUIREMENT AT THE HOSPITAL.
DOGGY HAD REQUESTED THAT HE WOULD
LIKE TO DIE QUICKLY AND BE CREMATED.
THE MANNER IN WHICH HE DIED IS
TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NO OTHER
DETAILS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. HIS
FRIEND OF 25 YEARS HOWARD MCKAY
WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE DETAILS AND
ASSIST THE DAUGHTER.
A BIT OF MUSIC DIED LAST NIGHT.
UPDATE: DOGGY DIED AS A RESULT OF BEING STABBED 7 OR 8
TIMES WITH AN ICE-PICK. IT APPEARS THAT THE MURDERERS
WERE TWO LOCALS EMPLOYED BY DAVE TO WORK ON HIS
GARDEN. WILL REPORT MORE DETAILS WHEN THE SUSPECTS
HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED. DAVE WAS CREMATED AT 6 pm, 13
AUG AT LA PIETA FUNERAL HOME.

Makati

American found dead in Makati hotel
By Mike Frialde (The Philippine Star) | Updated August 10, 2014
– 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines – A 59-year-old American man was found
dead in a room of a Makati City hotel on Friday afternoon. A
report reaching the Southern Police District identified the victim
as Gordon Matthew Gale of Casa del Mar, Baloy Beach, Olongapo
City. Gale checked into the hotel in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo
at about 1:37 p.m. on Thursday. Gale told the hotel staff that
he would be staying overnight, according to police.
At about past 3 p.m. on Friday, hotel supervisor Michael Puzon
and assistant supervisor Rescon Talagua found Gale’s body when
they checked his room after he failed to answer their reminder
of his check-out time. Gale was lying on the bed with blood on
his face. An Armscor .38 caliber revolver with serial number
31555 was found near the right side of his body, police said.
The victim’s body was then taken to the Veronica Funeral Home.
The Makati City police said the United States embassy was
informed of Gale’s death. Investigators are still looking at the
possibility of foul play in the incident.