Burned gadget found in vehicle used by missing Filipina beauty pageant candidate

Relatives of Geneva Lopez (left), a Mutya ng Pilipinas Pampanga 2024 candidate, and her boyfriend, Yitchak Cohen (right), have continued to appeal for public help in finding them. They were last seen in Tarlac province on Friday after inspecting an agricultural land that they were intending to buy. - Photo: Presy Carreon Lopez/Facebook

MANILA: Authorities are examining what seemed like a burned “cellphone or tablet” found inside the vehicle used by Pampanga beauty pageant candidate and her Israeli boyfriend before they were reported missing last Friday (June 21), according to police.

“Today, we had another investigation with the SOCO (scene of crime operation) team; we found a gadget and gave it to the crime laboratory to examine it,” Capas police chief Lt Col Libradp Maranang Jr. said in Filipino during an interview over Radyo 630 on Wednesday (June 26).