Campbell was supposed to go for a massage- cops

The female volunteer of the US Peace Corps found buried at a village in Banaue town was supposed to go for a massage at a place in Ifugao province before she was reported missing on Friday, a senior police official said. Chief Superintendent Raul Gonzales, police chief for the Cordillera Administrative Region, told a television station on Wednesday that Julia Campbell made appointments with a masseuse but failed to show up at their meeting place. Campbell also contacted a male tourist guide to accompany her, he said. The United States Embassy in Manila, however, obtained different information about Campbell's actions before she disappeared. "Ms. Campbell was last seen on Sunday, April 8 in Banaue, Ifugao Province, Northern Luzon area. She intended to hike in a hilly area near Batad, 1.5 kilometers east of Banaue town, and was unaccompanied," the US embassy said in a statement released April 13. Army troopers on Wednesday morning found the body of Campbell buried with her feet protruding at Battad village. Investigators could yet say if Campbell suffered injuries that would indicate that she was attacked. Earlier, the Philippine national police chief ruled out the involvement of communist rebels in the disappearance of a US Peace Corps volunteer, saying that the woman may have fallen off a cliff while hiking alone more than a week ago. Police have deployed 32 members of the Special Action Force who are familiar with the area and can speak the local language. Campbell, wearing blue denim jeans, black shirt and a shawl, was last seen buying soda from a local store. She was only wearing sandals and had bought a bus ticket to return to Manila by April 9, indicating she did not plan on extending her stay or making a long hike to a spot to view the Banaue's famed mountainside rice terraces. The US Embassy had earlier offered a $10,000 reward for information on Campbell. - GMA News.TV