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The families of a missing beauty queen and her Israeli fiancé sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, two weeks into the search for the couple.

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Karen De Guzman

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<div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — The families of a missing beauty queen and her Israeli fiancé sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, two weeks into the search for the couple. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Geneva Lopez, 27, and Yitchak Cohen, 37, went missing after meeting a middleman to inspect the land they were interested in buying in Tarlac on June 21. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The sport utility vehicle they had used was found burning along the Capas-San Jose Road two days later. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">“Ang gusto lang namin, ma-tap lahat ng mga tao na pwedeng makatulong samin. That’s why lumalapit na din kami sa ibang ahensya ng mga awtoridad,” said Lopez&#x27;s sister.</p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cohen did not receive any threat prior to the his disappearance, said his brother Yaniv, who offered a reward for any information on the couple&#x27;s whereabouts. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I guess that’s because he was feeling really comfortable. He didn’t feel threatened,” Yaniv said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p>“My goal is to find my brother. My goal is to really finish this and no to having any more problems or complications,” he added. </p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Philippine National Police has identified </span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/7/4/-middleman-6-others-tagged-in-disappearance-of-beauty-queen-israeli-fiance-1641"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/7/4/-middleman-6-others-tagged-in-disappearance-of-beauty-queen-israeli-fiance-1641">seven &quot;persons of interest&quot;</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in the disappearance of Kapampangan beauty queen and her fiancé. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Police formed a task group to fasttrack the search for the couple. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div></div>

<p>The families of a missing beauty queen and her Israeli fiancé sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday, two weeks into the search for the couple.</p>

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Missing beauty queen, Israeli fiance’s families seek NBI help

Karen De Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 05, 2024 11:09 AM PHT

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Updated July 05, 2024 12:48 PM PHT

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