73-year-old American biologist Kent Carpenter was shot and killed at his home in the Philippines on Sunday in what authorities are calling a murder.Carpenter, an adjunct professor at Silliman University's Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences in Dumaguete City, was in his home with a 34-year-old girlfriend when authorities say three men broke in at 11:30 p.m.One of the men allegedly shot Carpenter in the head during what police believe was a robbery.The men also allegedly tied up Carpenter's girlfriend and sexually assaulted her, the government-affiliated Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.TWO SUSPECTED AMERICAN COMMUNIST INSURGENTS KILLED IN CLASH IN THE PHILIPPINESCrime scene of Kent Carpenter's home in Barangay Ajong, Sibulan town, Philippines.
(Asia Pacific Press)The men took a laptop, cash and a backpack before fleeing, police spokesperson Col.Allen Rae Co told reporters.All three of the suspects are still at large, though local police have initiated a special investigation to find the culprits, PNA reported.Local investigators began "conducting backtracking and forward tracking operations, including the review of possible CCTV footage, witness interviews, intelligence validation, and reconstruction of the suspects’ movements before and after the incident," police wrote in a statement.DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SCIENTIST’S ACCIDENTAL DEATH RAISES QUESTIONS AS PROBE INTO MISSING SCIENTISTS GROWS"We strongly condemn this senseless act of violence.
I have directed our investigators to exhaust all legal means to identify and apprehend those responsible at the soonest possible time," Regional Director Police Brigadier Gen.Romano Cardiño said in the statement."We assure the victim’s family, the community, and our foreign visitors that this case is being treated with utmost urgency, and no effort will be spared until justice is served," he also said.Head shot of American scientist Kent Carpenter, who authorities say was murdered in the Philippines on Jul...