An autopsy report from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) RO3 CELRO, San Fernando City, Pampanga confirmed that beauty queen Geneva Sarita Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen were shot dead. Conducted at the Lotus Memorial Chapel and Crematorium in Tarlac City, Tarlac upon the request of the sister of Lopez and Cohen’s brother, the autopsies showed that the two victims were shot twice each. Lopez, 26, died of gunshot wounds in the upper back and left.
Cohen, 37, on the other hand, died also of gunshot wounds but in the chest and left side of the body. The same report also said that a metallic slug was recovered from the body of Lopez. It was submitted to the firearms and toolmarks identification division (FTID) for ballistic examination.
Lopez, a Mutya ng Pilipinas Pampanga 2024 candidate as the representative of Sto. Tomas, was said to have told her family that she and boyfriend Cohen were to meet somebody regarding a property they want to purchase in Capas, Tarlac. However, they went missing since June 21, prompting a search until authorities discovered their bodies of in a remote land in Capas, Tarlac in the morning of July 6, 2024.
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