In a horrifying incident coming from the Philippines, a 23-year-old flight attendant at Philippine Airlines (PAL) named Christine Angelica Dacera was found dead in the bathtub of a four-star hotel in the city of Makati Manila. The police are suspecting gangrape and investing 11 men, of which three have been arrested in connection with Dacera’s death. This incident has yet again pushed to the forefront the issue of consent, and how what a woman chooses to wear or her being drunk is never an invitation for rape.
Rommel Galida, Dacera's office friend, revealed in a report that he found Dacera asleep in the bathtub of the hotel room when he woke up around 10 am. He further said that he wrapped Dacera in a blanket and went to sleep again, but found her unconscious and turning blue even a few hours later when he woke up again. Soon after, she was rushed to the hospital but doctors declared her bought dead.
"We are extending full support to the flight attendant's family at this most difficult time. Our desire is for the truth to come out in the interest of justice," PAL Express, her employers said.
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However, this incident has led people to flood their outrage and grief on social media. Netizens are expressing their outrage while demanding justice for the 23-Year-Old flight attendant under the hashtag #JusticeforChristineDacera and #ProtectDrunkGirls.
A tweet, which now stands deleted, was shared 3,500 times said, “She is Christine Dacera, a 23 Year Old flight attendant here in the Philippines who was found dead in a hotel room in Makati. It happened after attending a party with her friends this New Year Eve. May her soul rest in peace.”
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Tweeting about Dacera, a netizen said that a drunk state will never be an invitation or a consent for rape.
Who is Christine Angelica Dacera?
Dacera was born in Davao City in the Philippines and lived in Pasay City. She studied at the University of Philippines and worked as a flight attendant for Philippine Airlines based out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) in Manila and Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) in Davao.
Detectives said an investigation is ongoing as cuts and bruises were found on not only her thighs and knees but her entire body. However, the detectives wait for an autopsy result.
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