A former police officer is among the seven persons of interest in the disappearance of a beauty pageant contestant and her Israeli boyfriend in Central Luzon, the Philippine National Police's Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said on Thursday.Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, CIDG chief Police Major General Leo Francisco said authorities have yet to communicate with all of the persons of interest.
According to Francisco, the police are looking into three strong motives behind the disappearance of the couple but he cannot divulge the information yet.Mutya ng Pilipinas Pampanga bet Geneva Lopez, 26, and her boyfriend Yitshak Cohen, 37, were last seen on June 21 when they left Angeles City, Pampanga and drove to Capas to look at the property they were planning to buy.Their SUV was later seen burning along a road in Capas, with no sign of its occupants.