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The family of Christine Dacera is willing to exhume the flight attendant’s remains to check if the organ specimens that the police used in their autopsy really belonged to her.
The lawyer of the Dacera family, Brick Reyes, announced this in a press conference with Christine’s mother Sharon on Friday, January 29, a day after the Philippine National Police (PNP) declared that Christine died of natural causes – contrary to the family’s belief that there was foul play involved.
Reyes said the Dacera family suspected “another coverup” – that the police allegedly examined organ specimens not taken from Christine’s remains to arrive at the conclusion that she died of natural causes.
“The Dacera family demands a DNA test of all specimens of all alleged organs of the late Christine as well as if we need to exhume the body, let’s exhume the body so we can compare the DNA on her arms, on her legs with the DNA on the alleged organs,” Reyes said.
He said this way, the family can verify the police findings.
Dacera was buried in General Santos City more than two weeks ago, on January 10.
Why does this matter?
To recall, the PNP’s crime laboratory declared that Dacera died of natural causes due to aortic aneurysm – a tear in her aorta, the major blood vessel that runs through the heart.
The PNP also found that her heart weighed 500 grams as opposed to the normal weight of 300 grams. The PNP said she had undiagnosed hypertension.
According to the PNP’s medico-legal officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Palmero, Dacera’s aneurysm was a chronic condition, which means she had the heart problem even before she celebrated on New Year’s Eve.
Reyes countered this official finding during the briefing, and showed the media a copy of Christine’s medical exam at Philippine Airlines that “her heart is normal, no hypertension” so for the family, “there is no evidence of an enlarged heart.”
So far, the PNP has only done a DNA test on Dacera’s underwear and only found her DNA on the garment.
The police also examined a sachet apparently obtained from the hotel room containing crystalline substances, which turned out to be table salt.
Aside from the PNP, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) also conducted an autopsy of Dacera’s body. They have yet to release the results of their examination. – Rappler.com
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