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Campbell’s body to arrive in Manila Thursday


The body of a female US Peace Corps volunteer found in a village in Ifugao province will be brought to Manila on Thursday, GMA 7’s Saksi reported on Wednesday night. Capt. Narciso Nabulneg, group commander of the Philippine Army’s search team, told Saksi that the body believed to be that of Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell will be brought to Camp Crame in Metro Manila for forensic investigation. Nabulneg said authorities and the Peace Corps will not confirm if the body is Campbell's until after the investigation by American forensic experts. Asked if the body bore signs of foul play, Nabulneg said: “Wala naman (There seems to be none)." He said the body wears a sleeveless undershirt and a pair of denims similar to what Campbell wore the last time she was seen by her colleagues. Nabulneg said the body was decomposing. “Medyo nagli-liquefy na 'yong katawan n’ya. (Her body is starting to liquefy)." Soldiers found the body in a shallow grave in a dry creek Wednesday in a mountainous northern town where Campbell disappeared while hiking, an Army spokesman said. The spokesman, Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres, said officials at the site confirmed the body was Campbell, 40, of Fairfax, Virginia, saying she was wearing the same clothes as when she was last seen and her glasses were found nearby. - GMANews.TV

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