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00:00The brother of the Israeli who was killed in Tarlac believes that money is the motive behind the killing of his lover, Geneva Lopez.
00:08The arrival of the relatives of Lopez's family continues.
00:12From Minalin, Pampanga, May Unang Balita Live, Jasmine Gabriel Galvan of GMA Regional TV. Jasmine.
00:23Susan, since yesterday, the arrival of friends and relatives of Geneva Lopez
00:29are here in the chapel to join her funeral.
00:36The family of Geneva Lopez is full of sadness.
00:39The beauty pageant contestant, who was missing for two weeks,
00:42along with her Israeli fiancé, Yitzhak Cohen, were found dead in Tarlac last Saturday.
00:49The fear that you felt when you were killed, I hope that I'm the only one who felt it, not you.
01:01I hope that you know, my brother, if it's us, don't think about us because we can handle this.
01:09Kind, helpful and happy friend, Geneva said.
01:13She's always willing to help, whether emotionally, spiritually, whatever she can do for me.
01:25If she can just ask for a wish, that we're just friends,
01:30I'm willing to exchange my life for her where she is now.
01:38Geneva was found dead along with her Israeli boyfriend, Yitzhak Cohen,
01:43in a remote area of Barangay Santa Lucia near Tarlac this Saturday.
01:48It's very painful because you can't imagine it.
01:51The two of them are very happy.
01:53That's why I'm saddened that there are speculations about their fate.
01:58Aside from being a beauty pageant contestant, Geneva is an active member of their church.
02:04Besides pageant, she was an active person.
02:07In an official statement issued by the family of Geneva,
02:10they thanked those who helped and took the time to look for their son.
02:16The family is also asking for privacy from the public at the time of their funeral.
02:22Yitzhak will return home to Israel for the funeral that is in accordance with their tradition.
02:28His brother said that Yitzhak will not buy land when he went to Capas, Tarlac on June 21.
02:34He went to get a title of the land and also to sell a land, not to buy a land.
02:42My brother was getting a land for a collateral of a loan, basically.
02:52He didn't come with any money. He came for a meeting with one of the suspects
02:57just because he was telling him that he is ready with the papers for the land and that he has a buyer.
03:04Yeniv believes that money is the motive for the murder
03:07because she has a relationship with her brother in terms of loans and land.
03:12In a statement, the Embassy of Israel in Manila reached an agreement.
03:17They thanked the authorities for their efforts to find a partner.
03:21They believe that those behind the crime will be held accountable.
03:26The Embassy is also helping the Kohed family to bring Yitzhak back to Israel.
03:37Meanwhile, Susan, a sanctuary was built by friends and relatives of Geneva
03:42in her hometown, in the town of Santo Tomas, Pampanga,
03:45for those who wish to stay there but cannot go to the chapel where Yeniv was buried.
03:52Susana?
03:53Thank you very much, Jasmine Gabrielle Galban of GMA Regional TV.