Beheaded woman's husband wants to come to Dubai

The husband of the mutilated Filipina expat has sought assistance from the Philippine authorities to assist him to go to Dubai to personally see the remains of his murdered wife.
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Speaking to Khaleej Times over the phone from Manila on Thursday, Salvio (right), a police inspector based there, said: "I trust the integrity of the investigation conducted by the Dubai Police but as a member of law enforcement, I hope I can also get to see the details of the investigation to give me peace of mind and assurance that the case is tightly closed."
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Salvio, 52, husband of Normita, 46, a domestic worker whose headless body was found on May 25 in Al Warqa, said he "initially doubted that Normita's nephew Glen murdered his aunt.
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"I would like to personally ask Glen what his motivation was," added Salvio, who said he last saw Glen when he was still young.
Salvio added he has a few questions that remain unanswered, though. Citing the timeline of the incident, he said: "I last communicated with my wife on May 23 through FB Messenger; then on the night of May 24, Glen called me that Normita's sponsor reported to the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi that she had absconded. And then the crime allegedly happened on May 25."
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"I am not claiming that the sponsor had a part in the incident, but I would like to know his contribution to the investigation that led to the arrest of Glen," Salvio told Khaleej Times.
"I've also talked to the relatives of my wife and they said Glen cannot commit the murder because of the relationship. My wife even stayed at Glen's house in Abu Dhabi. I also don't know about the Dh10,000 allegedly owed by Glen from my wife which was the cause of the crime." Normita arrived in Dubai in December last year on a tourist visa.
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"But after reading the murder trail in Khaleej Times, and after meeting with officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, I think I am more inclined to believe the Dubai Police report. I also know that the police use high technology to solve crimes," Salvio added.
Overcome with emotion, Salvio continued: "I want justice to be served for my wife - whoever is the perpetrator. We've been happily married for 16 years and I did not even raise a hand on her even when we had heated arguments. What happened to her was very brutal."
Speaking about his teenaged children, 15-year old girl and 13-year old boy, Salvio said: "They are inconsolable but I'm trying my best as I can to comfort them. I told them to be strong in these trying times and I hope their studies will not be interrupted."
Meanwhile, Khaleej Times also got in touch with the suspect's brother who is based in the US. Chris, younger brother of Glen said: "My brother could not commit the crime."
"It was actually through the kindness of my brother that our aunt was able to go the UAE. And I told my kuya (older brother) that it will be a big responsibility. But still my kuya helped her and our aunt stayed at my brother's house until she found an employer," continued Chris. Ana, a close friend of Normita, said Normita at one point asked for money to pay for her rent to Glen.
"If ever my brother owed a big amount of money from my aunt that would not be a problem, since I have a stable job here in the US and I can pay for his debt," Chris said.
"I don't think my brother has a car (which was used in the transportation of the corpse around the UAE). He even asked me for Dh4,500 on September 3 because he said he needed the money to pay for his driver's licence."
In a separate interview, Raf, brother-in-law of Glen said: "My brother-in-law's was not a butcher, he's a waiter. Our family is also suffering from serious mental torture. My sister and Glen have a seven-year old son who's future is also at stake in this incident."
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