I wonder how the Moron is going to fight terror here? Hasn't the Moron made the world a safer place?

American's Body Found in Philippines

By OLIVER TEVES

Philippine police opened an investigation after a body believed to be a missing American Peace Corps volunteer was found Wednesday in a shallow grave in a northern mountain town where she disappeared while hiking.

Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang told The Associated Press there was no immediate forensic confirmation that the body belonged to Julia Campbell, 40, from Fairfax, Virginia.

But regional police commander Chief Superintendent Raul Gonzales said the body was fair-skinned and clad in clothes similar to those that Campbell was last seen wearing.

The remains were found buried in a dry creek, with a foot sticking out, in the vicinity of Batad village, where Campbell was last seen, Gonzales said.

"There is a probability that there was foul play," Gonzales told the AP, adding the police will now treat it as "a crime incident."

U.S. Embassy spokesman Matthew Lussenhop said American authorities could not immediately confirm it was Campbell's body, saying embassy and Peace Corps officers are helping police recover and identify the remains.

He said the Peace Corps office in Washington has been "in close touch with the family throughout this process."

Police earlier speculated that Campbell may have fallen off a cliff. She went missing April 8 in the village outside Banaue town in Ifugao province north of Manila, where she had planned to view famed mountainside rice terraces.

Ifugao provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Pedro Ganir told the AP by telephone that a stray dog had dug out one foot when soldiers discovered the body, which was placed in the creek and covered with dirt.

A pair of reading glasses was found near a trail about 160 feet from the body, with one of the lenses laying nearby. Police also recovered a sandal they believed belonged to the woman.

"This is no longer an accident," he said.

Tschetter said more than 80 people - including police commandos, soldiers, and volunteers - were involved in the search, backed by four helicopters and four tracking dogs.

Ganir earlier said Campbell, wearing blue denim jeans, black shirt and a shawl, was last seen buying soda from a store in Batad.

She was only wearing sandals and had bought a bus ticket to return to Manila by April 9, indicating she did not plan to extend her stay or make a long hike to a spot to look at the rice terraces, he said.

Campbell is one of 137 Peace Corps volunteers currently in the Philippines.

She had been teaching English at the Divine Word College in Albay province's Legazpi city, southeast of Manila, since October 2006. She previously taught at a public school in Donsol in nearby Sorsogon province, said Nora Gallano, assistant dean of Divine Word's College of Liberal Arts.

Original article posted here.