Victim Eduardo Valerio, who is from Cabiao town in the northern province of Nueva Ecija, said the suspect was a customer of Bindawood Superstores in Jeddah where he worked as a “shelf boy."As narrated by Valerio to the OWWA office at the Philippine Consulate General and to GMANews.TV, he was on his way home after work at about 2 a.m. last week when the unnamed customer pleaded for help in bringing the goods he bought to his apartment unit nearby.Since the man’s apartment was not that far, Valerio agreed to accompany him only until the building gate.
Kinilala ang biktima na si Eduardo Valerio, 26 anyos at tubong Cabiao, Nueva Ecija, na nagtatrabaho bilang isang shelf boy sa Bindawood Superstore sa Jeddah.Si Valerio ay kasalukuyang nasa kanilang accommodation matapos siyang ipagamot sa hospital bunga ng pinsalang tinamo sa kanyang pagkakabagsak. Base sa kanyang salaysay sa mga kinatawan ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) at kuwento sa GMANews, nangyari ang insidente bandang 12:00 ng madaling araw noong nakaraang linggo. Aniya, may isang arabo na katatapos lang magbayad ng kanyang pinamili ang nakiusap na magpasama sa kanila para maihatid siya sa kanyang tinitirhan.