A missing American vlogger was shot de.ad and his body dumped at sea during a botched kidnapping in the Philippines, police have said
Elliot Eastman, 26, reportedly d!ed on the night of his abduction from his home in the poverty-stricken town of Sibuco in Zamboanga del Norte on October 17.
It is believed he was shot in the leg while trying to resist the gunmen, who pretended to be police officers, but d!ed while being whisked away on a boat.Pictures from the scene show blood splattered along the ground where he was dragged away after being shot. Three suspects were later shot dead by police in a gunfight on November 12.
Speaking today, Lieutenant Colonel Ramoncelio Sawan, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula acting spokesman, said: ‘Sometime late October, during our investigation, we encountered one witness who claimed Eastman had been shot during the abduction.
‘On their way to escape by sea, the abductors noticed that Elliot Eastman was already dead. They threw his body into the water.’
He said officials had treated the testimony as speculation, before it was this week verified by a suspect allegedly involved in the abduction.
He continued: ‘But then later on, sometime in November, we caught a suspect linked to the kidnapping. He himself confirmed what happened. He confirmed Elliot had been shot and that the man was dumped overboard.
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