Missing bride-to-be found—QCPD
The bride-to-be who went missing for weeks has been located, according to police.
In a post shared on their Facebook page on Monday, Dec. 29, the Quezon City Police District said they're with Sherra de Juan's family and are now on their way to her location.
"Patungo na ang mga tauhan ng QCPD PS 5, kasama ang pamilya ni Sherra, upang ligtas at maayos siyang sunduin sa kanyang kinaroroonan," the caption read.
Police said they're expected to return to Manila later in the day.
"More or less 3 hours ang byahe, kaya inaasahang bandang alas-5:00 mamayang hapon (5:00 p.m.) ang pagdating dito sa Maynila," they said.
QCPD director Randy Silvio, in an interview with ABS-CBN News, said de Juan’s fiance, Mark Arjay Reyes, and her family received a call from someone who found her in Pangasinan.
“Immediately, binigyan po natin ng instruction na samahan agad, sunduin na po is Ms. Sherra sa Pangasinan,” he said.
There's still no information on how she got there as of writing.
"Buhay po. May mga revelations siya pero hindi pa consistent," he said. "Hindi pa natin malaman ‘yung buong kwento kasi maganda kung masundo natin sya at makausap ng imbestigador natin, na female officer, para magkausap kung anong nangyari sa kanya nung Dec. 10."
The bride-to-be's dad, Jose de Juan, shared his reaction to the news with the media outlet.
"Sa totoo lang po parang nabunutan po ako ng tinik. Sobrang saya po. Hindi po maipaliwanag," he said.
Without going into detail, Jose said his daughter kept apologizing to him. "Sabi ko sa kanya, 'Anak, 'wag ka magsorry. Ang mahalaga dyan, nakita ka at makabalik ka dito.'"
The QCPD PS 5 later shared a video of De Juan pointing to where she walked. It is unclear whether this was in Quezon City or Pangasinan.
"Naglakad-lakad lang po ako. Pero madaling araw ko 'yan nilalakad," she's heard saying.
De Juan's disappearance
De Juan and Reyes were supposed to get married on Dec. 14. But in the afternoon of Dec. 10, de Juan left supposedly for a mall in north Fairview to buy wedding shoes, but she did not return.
According to an ABS-CBN report, the last time de Juan communicated with Reyes was on Dec. 10, when she sent him a message saying she was planning to go buy her wedding shoes at a mall in North Fairview that afternoon. Her wedding gown had just arrived, making her especially excited, said Reyes.
Around 6 p.m., Reyes arrived home from work and saw that de Juan had not yet returned. She had left her cellphone to charge. This didn't alarm him initially, since, according to him, de Juan normally went to the market around that time of the day.
But when 7 p.m. came, and she still hadn't come home, Reyes and de Juan's brother went to Barangay North Fairview to report her possible disappearance.
CCTV footage of the barangay showed de Juan walking down an alley near their home at 1:25 p.m. By 1:29, she was seen on footage crossing Atherton St. close to a fast-food restaurant. At 1:37 p.m., her image was captured standing at a gasoline station.
A search through the CCTV footage of the mall de Juan was supposed to go to did not yield results despite Reyes checking input from at least three cameras.
Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. later ordered Philippine National Police units in Metro Manila and adjacent provinces to combine their search efforts. He also authorized a special investigation team to pursue all angles in the case.
