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MANILA — The family of slain woman Kristine Joy Dignadice on Wednesday filed an administrative complaint against a Bacolod City police officer who surrendered and admitted to killing her. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/3/cop-admits-killing-missing-single-mom-in-negros-occidental-1548">Cop admits killing single mom reported missing in Negros Occidental</a></div>“Pinatuloy ko pa siya sa bahay namin, pinakape ko pa. Saka ko lang nalaman na siya pala ‘yong pumatay — g*go,” said Dignadice’s sister, Mary Grace, during a media briefing after filing the complaint at the National Police Commission (Napolcom).(I even let him into our home and served him coffee. I only found out later that he was the one who killed her — fool.)Dignadice, a single mother of a 10-year-old boy, was reported missing on October 29 after her car was discovered abandoned and with bloodstains in Sitio So-ol, Barangay Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. Three days later, her decomposing body was found in a sugarcane field in Barangay Don Jorge Araneta, Bago City.Her brother, Salvador Joshua Dignadice, said he spoke with the suspect at the detention cell, who told him that his gun fired after being accidentally tapped by the victim. However, he dismissed the suspect’s claims of a lovers’ quarrel and accidental discharge.“‘Yong actions ng pulis na ‘to is very brutal,” he said. “Meron siyang ginagawa na parang cover-up… hinubaran niya pa ‘yong bangkay tapos pinabukaka niya pa ‘yong paa ng kapatid ko para mag-pretend na ni-rape siya.”(The actions of this cop were very brutal. He seemed to be covering up the crime… he even stripped my sister’s body and spread her legs to make it look like she had been raped.)<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/17/ex-cop-tagged-as-drug-personality-killed-in-bacolod">Ex-cop tagged as drug personality killed in Bacolod</a></div>The Dignadice family was assisted by Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez, who joined them in condemning the crime.“Imagine, this is done by a police officer who supposedly swore to protect lives,” said Benitez. Following the filing of the formal complaint, Napolcom’s Inspection, Monitoring, and Investigation Service will proceed with the evaluation and investigation.Napolcom Vice Chairperson and Executive Officer Rafael Vicente Calinisan ordered that the case be expedited and the police officer be prosecuted.“This is clear murder for us. That policeman should be made accountable. Huwag na nating pahabain ‘to,” he said. “Kailangan ipakita ang pangil ng batas.”(This is clearly murder. That policeman must be held accountable. Let’s not prolong this — the law must show its teeth.)

The family of slain woman Kristine Joy Dignadice on Wednesday filed an administrative complaint against a Bacolod City police officer who surrendered and admitted to killing her.

The family of slain woman Kristine Joy Dignadice on Wednesday filed an administrative complaint against a Bacolod City police officer who surrendered and admitted to killing her.

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Family of slain woman files admin complaint vs Bacolod cop

Michael Delizo,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 05, 2025 05:29 PM PHT

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Updated November 05, 2025 06:38 PM PHT

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Kristine Joy Dignadice

Negros Occidental

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Murder

Rafael Vicente Calinisan

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