1961 Parents Kill ‘Vampire’ Daughters

= Parents Kill Vampire Daughters =
MANILA, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter) —
A bus driver and his wife killed their two daughters here Sunday and told police they did it because the girls had turned into “vampires.”
Police said later that the parents acted “queerly” when they were being questioned.
Strangled to death were Corazon Saquibal, 12, and her sister, Rosalinda, aged seven. Two other Saquibal children were unharmed.
Police said that when they found the bodies, Corazon had a crucifix thrust into her mouth. Rosalinda was clutching a prayer book and a rosary.
A religious image was placed at her head.
Pieces of garlic — a superstition to ward off vampires — were strewn around the room where the bodies lay. On the walls and on a refrigerator were scrawled what appeared to be Latin phrases in Indian ink.
The parents, Fermin Saquibal, and his wife, Angustia, a seamstress, told police a weird tale involving hypnotism, witchcraft and “anitos” (spirits).
Police alleged that Saquibal had strangled Corazon and his wife had killed Rosalinda.
“I killed her because I saw on her face the look of a vampire.” the father was quoted as saying.
The wife said she saw her two daughters turning into “vampires” — their bodies becoming hairy — and they bit her and her husband.
== Print Info ==
* Canberra Times
* Wednesday 30 August 1961
* Vol 35 No 10,005 page 25
* Parents Kill 'Vampire’ Daughters
* Author: A.A.P. -Reuter Wire / No Author
== Citations ==
* Article identifier http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103085661
* Page identifier http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11502859
APA Parents Kill 'Vampire’ Daughters (1961, August 30). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), p. 25. Retrieved March 5, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103085661
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