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Tricycle driver behind killing, dumping of pregnant woman nabbed in Tondo

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April 11, 2025

The Manila Police District (MPD) arrested on Thursday, April 10, a man who allegedly killed a pregnant woman and threw her body in a garbage dump in Tondo, Manila.

- By DIANN IVY C. CALUCIN

Authorities did not disclose the identity of the 28-year-old victim.

Police said the victim’s lifeless body was discovered around 2:30 a.m. on April 8 in front of the Bagong Tondo Wellness Center along Juan Luna Street, Barangay 61.

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