Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 21) – The body of Mary Grace Santos, an overseas Filipino worker killed in Amman, Jordan, was repatriated to the Philippines on Saturday.
Santos, a 34-year-old household service worker who hailed from Pampanga, was allegedly raped and killed by an underaged Egyptian suspect – the son of her employer’s caretaker – earlier this month, according Migrant Workers Undersecretary Bernard Olalia.
The mother of two was reported missing by her family on Oct. 12. Her body was found in the basement of the building she worked at in Amman, according to Jordanian police.
Olalia also disclosed that the suspect confessed to the crime and is now under police custody.
Maria Lisa Santos, the slain Filipino’s mother, demanded justice for her daughter.
“Mabait po sa akin, sa mga kapatid niya. Good provider sa mga anak niya,” the bereaved mother said of her daughter, adding that she would take care of her two grandchildren who remain in Jordan.
[Translation: She was good to me and her siblings. She was a good provider for her children.]
Maria Lisa Santos said her daughter was supposed to come home to the Philippines on Oct. 24. But they only found out about her plan after she was murdered, the mother added.
\”Hindi ko nga alam kung ano’ng mararamdaman ko. Kanina pag-alis ko pa lang sa bahay hindi ko na alam kung ano mararamdaman ko pag nakita ko yung bangkay ng anak ko,\” Santos told CNN Philippines.
\”Kaya nga hindi ko na sinama yung mga anak niya, lalo lang akong masasaktan kung makikita ko silang iiyak pag nakita nila yung bangkay ng nanay nila,\” she added.
[Translation: I didn’t know how I was going to feel. When I left the house, I didn’t know what I was going to feel, seeing my daughter’s body. That’s why I couldn’t take her children with me. It would hurt even more seeing them cry over their mother’s body.]
