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Sources: FBI agents seized firefighter’s car
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Posted on Aug 16 2011
Special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have seized the car of a firefighter who had refused to undergo a lie detector test as part of the investigation into the disappearance of sisters Faloma and Maleina Luhk, according to sources.
Sources said the former Department of Public Safety firefighter had sold his 2003 Toyota Camry before leaving Saipan on Aug. 6. Federal agents, sources disclosed, confiscated the car late Friday afternoon from the new owner for evidence gathering.
“The new owner did not hesitate to give it [car] to the federal authorities,” one source said, adding that it is not clear as of Monday whether the FBI had returned the vehicle to the new owner.
When asked for comment yesterday, FBI special agent Tom Simon said they can’t confirm or deny ongoing investigative steps unless or until charges are filed.
Sources said that FBI agents and Department of Public Safety investigators had earlier asked the firefighter if they could search the car but he refused.
Police Commissioner Ramon Mafnas earlier disclosed that the firefighter resigned from DPS effective July 1, 2011. He had stated that they don’t have evidence to support any person of interest as being a participant in the Luhk sisters’ disappearance.
Sources said the firefighter left Saipan on Aug. 6 at 4:20am for California, where his former wife and their two children are currently staying.
Elbert Quitugua, the grandfather of the Luhk sisters, refused to comment about the alleged seizure of the car and the firefighter’s departure.
Ten-year-old Faloma and 9-year-old Maleina were reportedly last seen near a bus stop pavilion in As Teo on May 25.
