Vitug’s family marks one year since her murder

Posted on Dec 23 2015

Tag: Joana Katrina Vitug, Last Saturday, Police Officer, Tanapag Cemetery

: The family and loved ones of Joana Katrina Vitug mark her first year death anniversary with a visit to her tomb at the Tanapag Cemetery on Dec. 19. (Contributed Photo)

: Paper lanterns are released to honor Joana Katrina Vitug’s memory on the first year of her death anniversary. (Contributed Photo)

It’s been a year since the gruesome murder of Joana Katrina Vitug inside a law office in Garapan on the morning of Dec. 19, 2014, in the hands of a former boyfriend.

Last Saturday, the family and loved ones of Vitug marked her first year death anniversary with an 8am Mass at the San Antonio Church and then a visit to her tomb at the Tanapag Cemetery.

There, the family released paper lanterns to honor Vitug’s memory.

Vitug was shot and killed by Police Officer 1 Christopher S. Santos, who then shot himself in the head inside the Mailman and Kara law offices in Garapan where she worked as a paralegal.

Vitug, 30, and Santos, 24, had one child together; Vitug had three other children.

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