- Pastillas Girl has a message to her mother’s killer
- An unknown gunman shoots her mother
- The victim sustains a fatal gunshot wound in the back of her head
MANILA, Philippines – An emotional Angelica Jane Yap, popularly known as “Pastillas Girl faced the media to relay a message to her mother’s killer.
According to an article published by ABS-CBN News, Pastillas Girl said in an interview with“Umagang Kay Ganda” on Tuesday, December 1: “Sana nakakatulog siya sa gabi sa ginawa niya.” [I hope he can still sleep at night after what he did.]
The victim, Teresa Yap, also known as “Teteng,” sustained a fatal gunshot wound in the back of her head on Sunday night, November 29.
Yap together with one of her daughters and a niece were about to eat in a roadside eatery in Tagaytay Street in Caloocan when an unknown man suddenly approached her from behind; shooting her at close range.
The gunman immediately fled the scene of the crime.
Th victim was brought to the Chinese General Hospital but was pronounced dead at 9:20 p.m.
Pastillas Girl went to the hospital from a music video shoot in Bulacan after she learned what happened to her mother.
She described her mother as a strong woman with a pure heart.
“Sa kanya ko namana ‘yung pagiging matapang. Iyakin siya pero talagang pure heart ang meron ang mommy ko,” she said. [I got my strength from her. She easily cries but she has a pure heart.]
She added that she will always remember how her mother defended her against her bashers.
The elder Yap appeared on “It’s Showtime” on its September 29 episode to defend her daughter.
According to an article written by Chuck Smith for Philippine Star, Yap said although she’s happy that her daughter is given a chance to find love through It’s Showtime’s “Nasaan Ka Mr. Pastilla”segment, she felt hurt over the negative comments hurled against her daughter on social media.
She asked Pastillas Girl’s bashers to get to know her daughter first before judging her.
She said: “Sana, nakikiusap ako, kilalanin muna nila ako. ‘Wag muna nila i-judge ‘yung anak ko. Hindi naman nila kilala ‘yung anak ko. Pinalaki ko nang maayos ang anak ko. Ayoko naman na kung sinu-sinong tao lang ang lalait sa anak ko, maninira sa anak ko.” [I’m asking them to get to know my daughter first before judging her. I brought her up well and I don’t want anyone to just smear her name.]
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