Family of missing beauty queen Catherine Camilon to receive police security —official

Policemen will be providing security to the family of missing beauty queen Catherine Camilon in Batangas, according to Police Regional Office (PRO) 4A chief Police Brigadier General Paul Kenneth Lucas on Friday.

“Nagbigay na tayo ng instruction sa hepe ng Tuy, Batangas na bigyan ng security at assistance itong pamilya ni Miss Catherine,” Lucas said in a press conference.

(We already instructed the chief of police of Tuy, Batangas to give security and assistance to the family of Miss Catherine.)

PRO 4A earlier revealed that the person of interest in Camilon's disappearance is a policeman.

Because the person of interest is one of the region’s police personnel, Lucas said the case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) unit in the region.

The CIDG 4A will investigate the case while the Regional Internal Affairs 4A will conduct a separate administrative investigation as recommended by the Regional Committee on Missing and Found Persons, he said.

The yet-to-be-identified police officer has been temporarily relieved from his post pending the investigation. He was also placed under the Regional Personnel Holding and Accounting Unit while waiting for the approval of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which prohibits police reassignments during the election period.

According to Lucas, police investigators are optimistic that Camilon is still alive.

On October 16, Camilon's sister, Chin-chin, took to social media to ask for help from netizens to locate her sister. Five days after Chin-chin’s social media post, Catherine was declared a "missing person."

Catherine represented Tuy, Batangas in the Miss Grand Philippines 2023 pageant. She was last seen in a mall in Lemery town in Batangas. —KBK, GMA Integrated News