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<div class="containing-block"><div class="outer-container"><div style="display:none">Default News template and player embed</div><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4726921885001"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/><param name="width" value="510"/><param name="height" value="287"/><param name="playerID" value="1880751799001"/><param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAABtXvbPVE~,ZfNKKkFP3R9qoEvgz2KMCs8gaY-UGBkT"/><param name="isVid" value="true"/><param name="isUI" value="true"/><param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true"/><param name="@videoPlayer" value="4726921885001"/></object><script type="text/javascript">brightcove.createExperiences();</script></div></div><p>MANILA - Police are looking at two angles in the killing of a Frenchman, his Filipina wife and their four-year-old son in Palawan this week.</p><p>Palawan police chief Insp. Jeffrey Mendiola said uncollected business revenue or personal grudge may be the motive behind the killing of 54-year-old French national Jean Marc Messina, his wife Jewel Emscel Messina, and their son.</p><p>The family was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/01/29/16/frenchman-family-found-dead-on-philippine-tourist-island-police"><strong>found dead</strong></a> on Wednesday in a pickup truck on a remote street in Barangay Poblacion, Narra. Three spent shells of a caliber .45 mm gun was found inside the truck which had been parked in the area since Monday afternoon.</p><p>Mendiola said the Messinas lease dump trucks to the mining bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.</p><p>A manager, whom the police official refused to identify, collects the income of the business based in Quezon, Palawan.</p><p>Mendiola said the manager failed to remit several months&#x27; worth of rent to the Messinas. The family was on their way to Quezon to collect the money before they went missing on Monday.</p><p>He added they are also investigating if the Frenchman had enemies in neighboring Taytay town, which he frequented.</p><p>The investigator mentioned that they have asked to examine the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from a bank in Puerto Princesa where the family withdrew money early Monday.</p><p>He said three suspicious persons were spotted in the area.</p><p>&quot;Mayroon po kaming tatlong taong naimbestigahan na umagang-umaga pa lang ng Monday morning, nakaparada na roon iyung sasakyan,&quot; he said in a DZMM interview.</p><p>Police have also collected sworn statements from the relatives and acquaintances of the Messinas.</p><figure class="op-social"><iframe frameBorder="0" height="383" src="~//www.youtube.com/embed/zfPY81w9wpk" width="510"></iframe></figure>

Police are looking at two angles in the killing of a Frenchman, his Filipina wife and their four-year-old son in Palawan this week. 

Business, personal grudge eyed in slay of Frenchman, family in Palawan

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Business, personal grudge eyed in slay of Frenchman, family in Palawan

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Published Jan 29, 2016 12:56 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 01, 2016 07:15 PM PHT

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