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The Cases of Mitzi Joy Balunsay, Queen Leanne Daguinsin and Jastine Valdez

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Queen Leanne Daguinsin was found on her dorm floor with a pillow on her face and 14 stab wounds.

1. LAGIM: A Filipino True Crime links the cases of Mitzi Joy Balunsay, Queen Leanne Daguinsin, and Justine Valdes through violence against young women in Cavite, Dasmariñas, and Ireland. 2. The host presents each case as a warning about female university and college students, and explains why these victims matter to her coverage. 3. The episode asks what these three deaths reveal about vulnerability in relationships, dormitories, and public spaces. 4. Mitzi Joy Balunsay was 17 years old, studying tourism at Cavite State University, and went missing after asking to stay overnight at a friend's place. 5. Her body was found on 6 January 2017 in 13 Martires City inside a rice sack and a cardboard box, and police identified her through her bag and a mole on her body. 6. The host says Alvin Ibarra de los Angeles, a 20-year-old food technology student from the same university, later confessed and was charged under Republic Act 7610. 7. Mitzi's autopsy showed strangulation, mutilation, and rape, while the host notes that reports also focused on drugs and "crime of passion." 8. The host argues that "crime of passion" can obscure intimate partner violence, especially when a woman has left a relationship like Mitzi did after four months with Alvin. 9. Queen Leanne Daguinsin was a 24-year-old computer science student at De La Salle University Dasmariñas and a native of Pila, Laguna. 10. Her classmates found her on the dorm floor with a bloodied leg and a pillow on her face, while the room was double-locked from the inside. 11. CCTV later showed an unidentified man on the rooftop of the Aterrado dormitory around 1 a.m., moving to the adjacent Roliza dormitory and entering through a window. 12. Police identified Angelito Erlano, also known as Culero, recovered clothing described in the footage, and said he had prior robbery cases in Dasmariñas. 13. The public was later told that Queen had been stabbed 14 times, and that her death happened during a robbery that turned fatal after she woke up and fought back. 14. The university responded with tighter security measures, more police visibility, safety marshals, counseling, and a vigil for justice. 15. Justine Valdes had been living in County Wicklow, Ireland, for about four years, studying accounting and finance at the Tala Institute of Technology and working in a bakery. 16. After she renewed her residency permit in Bray on 19 May 2018, witnesses reported seeing a woman forced into a dark-coloured SUV near Powerscourt Estate, and Dublin Bus CCTV helped identify a Nissan Qashqai. 17. Police linked the vehicle to Mark Hennessy, who later called his wife and then was confronted in Cherrywood Business Park during a search operation. 18. The inquest testimony describes an officer seeing a Stanley knife, firing through the car window, and later finding a bloodstained note in the vehicle. 19. The episode is delivered as a spoken monologue with repeated transitions, personal commentary, and direct appeals for women, girls, and femmes to stay aware. 20. People who want case-by-case details on femicide, dorm safety, and cross-border true crime will get the most from this episode, while listeners looking for a short, procedural recap may skip it.

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A dormitory murder is pieced together through CCTV, autopsy findings, and the campus security concerns that followed.

Queen Leanne Daguinsin's killing is traced through a tight sequence of physical clues and surveillance. Her landlady and classmates found that she had been stabbed to death, her door was still locked, and police saw no sign of forced entry.

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You follow Queen's dormitory killing through the locked door, window entry, CCTV sightings, and autopsy findings.

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