Manila - Two US citizens have been arrested in the Philippines
after allegedly dumping an American woman's body in a river in the
capital, police said Monday.
The suspects - aged 21 and 22 - were caught Sunday after the driver
of the car they booked with ride-hailing company Grab reported the
incident to police.
With the driver's help, police found the body of 23-year-old American
Tomi Michelle Masters, in Manila's Pasig River in the slum district
of Tondo.
The body was wrapped in a garbage bag with duct tape and placed in a
box, said Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr, chief of the Manila
police district.
The victim was believed to be the girlfriend of the 21-year-old
suspect, Danao said, adding that the Grab car had picked up the two
suspects from a condominium in the Manila suburban city of
Mandaluyong.
They had booked the ride to a mall in Manila, but asked the driver to
pass by a slum community called Baseco in Tondo, where they threw the
box into the river.
Police said the driver found the incident suspicious and reported it
to police.
The suspects were arrested in a unit rented by the 22-year-old
suspect. The three Americans were in the Philippines as tourists,
police said.