Part One — Jomalen’s Life and Final Weeks
1. Who Jomalen Was
Jomalen Indonilla Moleta was an educated, intelligent, organised and deeply caring woman.
Jomalen studied Business Administration in Manila. She was known as gentle, humble, dependable and quietly strong.
She did not seek attention or recognition. She worked, solved problems, accepted responsibility and repeatedly placed the needs of other people before her own.
Gregory describes Jomalen as the principal provider and breadwinner within her family. She worked away from home and repeatedly used her income, time and opportunities to assist her parents, siblings and other relatives.
Jomalen was not simply a name on a death certificate.
She was a daughter, sister, friend, university-educated woman, provider, fiancée and the person Gregory intended to spend the rest of his life with.
2. Gregory and Jomalen — Their Life Together
Gregory met Jomalen in 2017.
Their relationship developed into a committed partnership based on trust, friendship, emotional maturity and shared plans.
Gregory and Jomalen lived together in Quezon City from approximately February to December 2019. They cooked together, walked together, listened to music, played games, laughed and shared the ordinary routines of daily life.
Gregory played guitar, and Jomalen loved to sing.
On 11 December 2019, Gregory’s birthday, they attended the U2 concert at the Philippine Arena. It was Jomalen’s first major international concert.
The song “All I Want Is You” became permanently associated with Jomalen for Gregory.
They were not simply planning a wedding. They were planning an entire life together: marriage, children, a home and a future shared between Australia and the Philippines.
3. The Land and the Home They Built in Banban
In June 2019, Gregory purchased land in Banban, Negros Oriental, for approximately ₱50,000.
Gregory and Jomalen designed the home they intended to share.
During the COVID-19 period, Jomalen coordinated the construction. Gregory provided the funding, while Jomalen managed the builders, materials, schedules and practical decisions.
Gregory told her:
“Don’t just build a house. Build us a home.”
That is what Jomalen did.
The house was substantially completed by early 2022. It represented the life Gregory and Jomalen were creating together.
The project demonstrated Jomalen’s competence, integrity, organisation and leadership. She managed a major construction project during the disruption of COVID-19 while Gregory was in Australia.
The house was not intended to become somebody else’s property or a general gathering place. It was the home Gregory and Jomalen had planned to share.
4. Plans for Marriage and a Future in Australia
By early 2023, Gregory and Jomalen were preparing for the next stage of their lives.
Jomalen’s Australian tourist visa was approved in January 2023. She was in Manila completing the final clearances and paperwork required for her planned journey to Australia.
They expected that her visit would allow them to spend time together in Australia and continue preparing for their future as husband and wife.
Jomalen had a visa, a home, plans and a future.
Neither Gregory nor Jomalen could have imagined how quickly those plans would be taken from them.
5. Jomalen’s Role as Her Family’s Provider
Jomalen regularly assisted her family financially and practically.
Gregory’s account is that she was frequently the person expected to provide money, solve problems and accept responsibility when other people could not or would not do so.
Her generosity was not weakness. Jomalen was capable, educated and independent. She helped because she cared about her family and felt a strong sense of responsibility toward them.
That generosity also placed her in situations where her trust could be exploited.
6. Earlier Betrayals of Trust
In 2015, Jomalen operated a sari-sari store in Manila while also working full-time in security.
According to what Jomalen later told Gregory, her sister Nelpa Indonilla Moleta was entrusted with the store while Jomalen worked. A later stocktake by Jomalen revealed that more than ₱50,000 worth of stock was missing.
Jomalen concluded that the stock had been sold without and that Nelpa Indonilla kept the money.
The dispute was serious enough that Jomalen stopped speaking to Nelpa for years. When Gregory met Jomalen in 2017, the sisters were still estranged.
During 2021–2022, Gregory provided approximately ₱30,000 to ₱35,000 for stock for another sister, Nelda Indonilla Moleta Panerio, to operate a sari-sari store in Ayungon.
According to Jomalen’s account to Gregory, much of that stock later disappeared and the proceeds were not returned. Gregory says Nelda’s husband, Jimson, subsequently acknowledged in a saved message that he knew about the missing money or stock.
These earlier thefts do not prove what happened in 2023. They are relevant because they explain Jomalen’s lack of trust in particular relatives and Gregory’s later concerns about the handling of Jomalen’s money and property.
They also explain why Jomalen rejected a proposal that Nelda become involved in bringing her home for care. According to Gregory, Jomalen had not forgiven Nelda and did not trust her.
7. Jomalen Becomes Seriously Unwell in Manila
By the middle of March 2023, Jomalen was seriously unwell while staying with a friend in Manila.
Jomalen’s friend wanted her taken to hospital immediately.
Jomalen did not want her friend to lose work or be required to remain with her in hospital. Instead, arrangements were made for Nelpa to collect her.
On or about 15 March 2023, Nelpa collected Jomalen from her friend.
Gregory states that both he and Jomalen’s friend instructed Nelpa to take Jomalen directly to a major hospital—specifically St. Luke’s Medical Center or Makati Medical Center.
Nelpa did not take Jomalen to either hospital.
Instead, Jomalen was taken to Nelpa’s small home in Bunga,Tanza, Cavite.
8. 15th to 25 of March — Ten Days Without Hospital Admission
Jomalen was not admitted to hospital until 25 March 2023.
Approximately ten critical days passed between her collection from Manila and her eventual hospital admission.
Why was she not taken directly to St. Luke’s or Makati Medical Center as instructed?
Why was she kept at a private residence while her condition worsened?
Jomalen deteriorated and Nelpa Indonilla did nothing until the 25th of March 2023
9. Twenty-Five March — Admission to Hospital in Cavite
On 25 March 2023, Jomalen was admitted to a private hospital in Cavite.
She was suffering from pneumonia and bilateral pleural effusion—a serious accumulation of fluid around both lungs.
Jomalen was having substantial difficulty breathing. She required oxygen, antibiotics, monitoring and hospital care.
Her condition was serious, Jomalen finally received the appropriate medical she need and Jomalens condition imroved significantly
10. Thoracentesis, Treatment and Jomalen’s Improvement
On or about 25th of March, doctors performed a thoracentesis. (Draining of Fluild from Jomalen's Lungs)
Approximately 800 millilitres to one litre of fluid was drained from around Jomalen’s lungs.
Jomalen was also treated with oxygen and antibiotics.
Gregory spoke with her by video call every day atleast 2 times a day. He observed that:
her breathing became easier;
her voice became stronger;
she appeared more comfortable;
she was able to communicate more clearly;
her overall condition improved significantly.
The hospital treatment was helping her.
Jomalen was responding positively while she remained in hospital and received treatment.
11. Thirty March — Removed Despite Gregory’s Explicit No and the Doctors’ Strong Advice
During a video call on 30 March 2023, Jomalen told Gregory that she was leaving the hospital because Nelpa did not want to remain there any longer to look after her.
Gregory asked Jomalen what the doctors had said.
According to Jomalen, the doctors strongly said that she should not leave and needed to remain in hospital.
Gregory did not merely “oppose” the removal or “disagree” with it.
Gregory explicitly said no.
He told Jomalen:
“You are not leaving the hospital.”
Gregory also told Nelpa that Jomalen was not to be removed and needed to remain in hospital.
The doctors likewise strongly said that Jomalen should not be removed and needed to remain in hospital.
Despite Gregory’s explicit instruction and the doctors’ strong medical advice, Jomalen was removed from hospital on 30 March 2023.
She was taken to the residence associated with Nelpa at Purok 1, Barangay Bunga, Tanza, Cavite—the address later recorded as Jomalen’s residence on her Certificate of Death.
12. Thirty March to Three April — Deterioration Without Hospital Care
After Jomalen was removed on 30 March, she deteriorated outside hospital care.
She received no further hospital care until 4 April.
Gregory remained in contact and repeatedly urged that she be returned to hospital.
On 2 April, Gregory instructed that Jomalen be admitted immediately to Makati Medical Center or St. Luke’s Medical Center.
On 3 April, Nelpa messaged Gregory and said that Jomalen’s condition was worsening.
Gregory again gave a direct instruction: take Jomalen immediately to Makati Medical Center or St. Luke’s.
That instruction was not followed.
Jomalen remained outside hospital while her condition continued to deteriorate.
13. Gregory’s Instructions to Return Jomalen to Hospital
Gregory’s position throughout this period was consistent.
He wanted Jomalen in hospital.
He wanted her taken to a properly equipped major medical centre.
He instructed that she be taken to Makati Medical Center or St. Luke’s Medical Center.
He supplied money for her care.
He stayed in contact through telephone and Messenger.
He also organised an urgent flight for Jomalen’s mother from Dumaguete to Manila because he believed Jomalen needed a trusted person beside her in hospital.
Gregory believed that Jomalen was being returned to appropriate medical care.
14. Why Gregory Could Not Be Physically Present
Gregory was in Australia caring for his critically ill mother.
His mother had suffered a stroke in 2020 and had become increasingly unwell. Gregory could not simply leave her unattended.
He was trapped between two people he loved:
He could not be in both countries.
Gregory’s absence from the Philippines was not abandonment.
He remained involved through calls and messages, provided money, expressly instructed that Jomalen remain in hospital, directed that she be taken to major hospitals and arranged for Jomalen’s mother to travel urgently to Manila.
Gregory’s mother died on 9 June 2023—63 days after Jomalen’s death.
15. Four April — Jomalen’s Mother Arrives and Jomalen Returns to Hospital
Jomalen’s mother arrived in Manila on the evening of 4 April 2023, reportedly at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Gregory had organised the flight believing that Jomalen would be receiving hospital treatment in Manila.
Instead, Jomalen had been readmitted to a hospital in Cavite.
Jomalen she was not returned to hospital until late on 4 April, shortly before her mother arrived at the hospital.
According to her mother’s later account, Jomalen was:
Her mother recalled Jomalen calling:
“Where’s Gregory? Where’s Gregory?”
Jomalen was critically ill and frightened. She needed continuing medical care.
16. Five April — Jomalen Is Removed from Hospital Again
Despite Jomalen’s critical condition, she was removed from hospital for a second time.
The available accounts contain uncertainty about the exact time of removal, but the removal occurred in the early morning on 5 April.
Jomalen was dependent on oxygen and reportedly still required antibiotics, monitoring and medical supervision.
Her mother later stated that she believed a barang, or curse, had been placed on Jomalen.
That belief contributed to the decision to take Jomalen to a traditional healer.
The mother reportedly said that she did not sign the hospital waiver and that Nelpa signed it.
The original waiver is essential evidence. It should establish:
the date and time;
what warnings were provided;
Jomalen’s recorded medical condition;
whether transfer to another hospital was offered;
whether Jomalen had the capacity to understand the consequences.
I SENT JOMALEN'S MOTHER THERE TO PROTECT JOMALEN.
I wanted her mother physically beside her.
I wanted her mother to take care of her.
I wanted her mother to make sure Jomalen received proper medical treatment.
And after what had already happened on 30 March, I was relying on Jomalen's mother to protect her from any further decision by Nelpa to take her away from the medical treatment she desperately needed.
I believed that once Jomalen's mother arrived and personally saw how sick her daughter was, there would be somebody there who would say:
NO MORE.
JOMALEN STAYS IN HOSPITAL.
NOBODY TAKES HER OUT AGAIN.
That was why I sent her mother.
I was not sending her there to authorize Jomalen's removal.
I was not sending her there to take Jomalen somewhere else.
And I certainly was not sending her there so that Jomalen could be taken on an overnight journey to a traditional healer.
I sent Jomalen's mother there to protect her daughter and keep her under proper medical care.
I trusted a mother to protect her critically ill daughter.
I believed that was the strongest protection I could put physically beside Jomalen when I could not get there myself.
And that is one of the hardest parts of this entire story for me.
Because that protection failed.
JOMALEN'S MOTHER FAILED TO PROTECTED JOMALEN AND FINISHED WHAT NELPA INDONILLA MOLETA AND NELPA'S BOYFRIEND JOEL PANDONG STARTED, JOMALENS DEATH SO THEY COULD STEAL OVER 600,000PHP THAT GREGORY HAD TRANSFERRED INTO JOMALENS BPI BANK ACCOUNT.
17. The Journey to the Traditional Healer
Instead of remaining in hospital or being transferred by ambulance to another properly equipped hospital, Jomalen was placed in a barangay vehicle.
She was taken on a long journey toward a traditional healer in or near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija.
The reported occupants included:
No doctor, nurse, paramedic or trained medical attendant has been identified as travelling with Jomalen.
The vehicle was not an ambulance.
The later account describes departure at approximately 6–7 p.m. and arrival the following morning at approximately 6–7 a.m.—a journey of approximately 12–13 hours.
The time between the earlier hospital removal and the reported evening departure remains unexplained.
The exact route, departure time, stops, destination, condition of the vehicle, oxygen supplies and identity of every passenger must be established.
Two oxygen tanks were reportedly purchased after Jomalen had been taken away from hospital, at a reported cost of approximately ₱7,000 each.
The central question remains why a critically ill woman was being transported for hours without trained medical supervision instead of being kept in hospital.
18. The Healer, Jomalen’s Cry of “Mama,” and Her Collapse
According to Jomalen’s mother, when the group reached the healer, the healer assessed Jomalen from or near the vehicle.
The healer reportedly said there was no chance of helping her.
Jomalen was reportedly given lugaw and milk.
Her lips were pale. Her condition was desperate.
Jomalen then raised her hands, cried:
“Mama!”
and died.
Only after that collapse was she taken to a hospital.
The available evidence therefore describes a critically ill woman being transported away from conventional medical care, taken to a non-medical healer and taken back to a hospital only after she had collapsed.
JOMALEN'S MOTHER FAILED TO PROTECTED JOMALEN AND FINISHED WHAT NELPA INDONILLA MOLETA AND NELPA'S BOYFRIEND JOEL PANDONG STARTED, JOMALENS DEATH SO THEY COULD STEAL OVER 600,000PHP THAT GREGORY HAD TRANSFERRED INTO JOMALENS BPI BANK ACCOUNT.
19. Six April — Dead on Arrival at Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital
Jomalen was taken to Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital Inc. in Cabanatuan City.
Her Certificate of Death records that she was Dead on Arrival.
The certificate records the date and time as 6 April 2023 at 8:45 a.m.
It does not establish the exact moment or location at which Jomalen stopped breathing.
Her mother’s later account indicates that Jomalen was no longer breathing while the vehicle was travelling toward the hospital.
The following records are required:
20. Jomalen’s Certificate of Death
Jomalen’s official Certificate of Death records:
Name: JOMALEN INDONILLA MOLETA
Date of birth: 28 December 1986
Age: 36
Date of death: 6 April 2023
Time recorded: 8:45 a.m.
Residence: Purok 1, Barangay Bunga, Tanza, Cavite
Place of death: Dead on Arrival — Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital Inc., Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
Immediate cause: Acute Respiratory Failure
Antecedent cause: Septic Shock
Underlying cause: Pneumonia High Risk
Other significant condition: Bilateral Pleural Effusion, status post thoracentesis
Informant: Nelpa I. Moleta — Sister
21. The Medical Sequence and Questions of Causation
The known medical sequence is stark:
Jomalen developed a dangerous lung infection.
Fluid accumulated around both lungs.
She was admitted to hospital.
Approximately 800 millilitres to one litre of fluid was drained.
She received oxygen, antibiotics and monitoring.
Gregory observed significant improvement.
The doctors strongly said that she needed to remain in hospital.
Gregory explicitly said no to her removal.
She was nevertheless removed on 30 March.
She received no further hospital care until 4 April.
She deteriorated severely.
Gregory directed immediate hospital admission.
She was not taken to the major hospitals he specified.
She was eventually readmitted in Cavite.
She was removed from hospital again while critically ill.
She was transported for approximately 12–13 hours without trained medical supervision.
She was taken to a healer.
She died.
She was taken to Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital.
She was recorded as Dead on Arrival.
22. What Happened — and What Was Kept From Gregory
At the time of Jomalen’s final illness, Gregory did not know the complete truth about what was happening.
He believed that his instructions concerning hospital treatment were being followed and that Jomalen would be returned to appropriate medical care.
He was not told the complete details concerning for nearly 3 years:
the second hospital removal;
the waiver;
the belief in a barang;
the decision to seek a healer;
the 12–13-hour overnight journey;
the absence of trained medical supervision;
Jomalen’s collapse near the healer;
the point at which she stopped breathing;
the circumstances surrounding the Dead on Arrival record.
Gregory says he learned much of this information only after his legal team visited Banban/Ayungon and interviewed Jomalen’s mother on 28 December 2025 and 8 March 2026.
This is why the events remain emotionally immediate to Gregory even though Jomalen died in 2023.
When Gregory returned to Banban in December 2023, he visited Jomalen’s grave every day.
He was grieving Jomalen and his mother, who had died only 63 days later.
During that visit, Gregory says the family did not tell him the complete circumstances of Jomalen’s final journey and death.
He was not given a full account of:
who authorised the removals;
who signed the hospital waivers;
why the doctors’ advice was not followed;
why Jomalen was taken to a healer;
what happened during the journey;
when Jomalen stopped breathing;
why closer hospitals were not used.
Gregory left Banban on approximately 16 December 2023, earlier than planned, because he could no longer bear remaining in the home he had built with Jomalen.
24. Evidence and Records Still Awaited
Jomalen’s mother initially indicated that she was prepared to authorise access to Jomalen’s hospital and financial records.
The legal team returned on 8 March 2026, but the necessary authorisation was not signed.
Four later attempts were reportedly made to obtain cooperation, including approaches through one of her sons. Those contacts went unanswered.
As a result, important medical and financial records remain inaccessible.
This lack of cooperation does not, by itself, prove guilt. It does prevent the available accounts from being properly tested against independent records.
The evidence still required includes:
complete records from every hospital that treated Jomalen;
admission, nursing, medication and oxygen records;
thoracentesis records;
discharge documents and waivers;
the identity of each person who authorised a removal;
medical evidence concerning Jomalen’s capacity to consent;
Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital’s Dead on Arrival records;
the exact vehicle and journey information;
oxygen-tank purchase records;
statements from the driver and every passenger;
evidence from the traditional healer;
Messenger, telephone and location records;
photographs, videos and call records;
expert medical review.
25. The Questions That Remain
Part One leaves important questions requiring proper investigation:
Why was Jomalen not admitted to hospital until 25 March?
What care did she receive during the preceding ten days?
What exactly did the doctors say on 30 March?
Who signed the first removal or discharge documents?
Was Jomalen capable of giving informed consent?
Why was she removed while responding to treatment?
What medical care did she receive between 30 March and 4 April?
Why were Gregory’s instructions not followed?
When was Jomalen readmitted on 4 April?
Who signed the second waiver?
Why was she removed again while critically ill?
Who decided that she should be taken to a traditional healer?
Why was a critically ill patient transported without medical supervision?
Why were closer hospitals not used?
What happened during the unexplained hours on 5 April?
Was the oxygen-saturation reading genuine and accurately measured?
When did Jomalen become unconscious?
When and where did she stop breathing?
What treatment or resuscitation was attempted?
Could uninterrupted hospital treatment have prevented her death?
Why was the complete account not given to Gregory?
Why have the necessary authorisations and records still not been provided?
These questions should be answered through evidence, not assumption.
26. Jomalen’s Final Resting Place
Jomalen’s life was worth infinitely more than the circumstances surrounding her death.
She was an educated, intelligent and deeply caring woman. She worked hard, supported her family, built a home and planned a future with the man she intended to marry.
She was loved by her friends.
She was loved unconditionally by Gregory.
She had a visa, a home, plans and a future.
This record exists because Jomalen deserves to be remembered for who she was—not merely for what happened to her.
It also exists so that the decisions made during her final weeks are preserved accurately, the available evidence is not lost, and the unanswered questions are not forgotten.
This document does not replace a medical investigation, a criminal investigation or a court judgment.
Its purpose is to preserve Jomalen’s life, the chronology of her final illness and the evidence that still requires examination.
Jomalen deserves truth.
She deserves dignity.
She deserves justice.
Most importantly, she deserves to be remembered.
