AMERICAN VLOGGER STILL NO SIGN OF LIFE AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED IN ZAMBOANGA


Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are conducting further investigation in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte where an American vlogger was abducted (Photo courtesy of Efraem Alia Roldan/Facebook)
The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9) reported on Monday that the kidnapped American national in Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte this week have yet to monitor proof of life. The United States government is already collaborating closely with local Philippine authorities in the search.
Authorities reported that four men abducted Elliot Onil Eastman from his in-laws' house in the municipality of Sibuco around 11 p.m. on October 17. Eastman said to have resisted and was shot in the leg and brought to a boat which headed for the high seas.
The American national is is from Hinesburg Vermont, married to a Filipino woman and have been in the Philippines for five months. In his previous vlogs, he talked about “not being liked” in their area, saying that “they want bad things to happen” to him, and that people have been informing his family of threats to kidnap him.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents made a visit to Eastman’s wife and is monitoring the situation. “When a US citizen is missing, we work closely with local authorities as they carry out their search efforts, and we make every effort to keep lines of communication open with families.”
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are working together to catch the culprits.
The police are now looking into some persons of interest as authorities were able to talk to some witnesses in Eastman’s kidnapping. Eastman’s relatives in the US have not yet received any ransom demand.
According to PRO-9 spokesperson Police Colonel Helen Galvez, authorities had been reminding Eastman that he is vulnerable to kidnapping because he is a foreigner, considering previous incidents in the area.
Source: Philippine Star
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