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Facebook Helps Philippine Cops Nab Murder Suspect
AP ^ | 7/27/2010 | JIM GOMEZ

Posted on 07/27/2010 1:18:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Philippine police tracked down a suspect in a series of grisly robberies and killings with the help of his Facebook account, officials said Tuesday.

Mark Dizon, a 28-year-old computer technician, did not resist when arrested Tuesday while talking with his father in a public square in northern San Fernando city, police Senior Superintendent Danilo Bautista said.

He is accused of killing nine people — six Filipinos, an American, a Canadian and a Briton — in three different robberies at hotels and homes this month in Angeles city. The area, near the former U.S.-run Clark Air Force Base some 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Manila, is home to many retired expatriates.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: facebook; murder; philippines

1 posted on 07/27/2010 1:18:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They were trawling for babes when suddenly ...


2 posted on 07/27/2010 1:21:00 PM PDT by casuist (Audi alteram partem)
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To: casuist
No trawling in AC , they jump right in the boat..


3 posted on 07/27/2010 1:43:46 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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