IT’S BEEN ALMOST three weeks since the reported death of Fil-Am Trevor Magallanes in the US and no announcement of the details have been publicly conveyed.
His wife, actress and comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto had promised that she would be the one to deliver the narrative of the sad event to the curious audience especially to the local entertainment industry which she is significantly part of, and of course, her fans and followers who love and care for her, notwithstanding the entire nation because this is a story worth its salt in the migration history of Filipinos elsewhere, especially to US, in whatever aspirations, but she has not fulfilled it yet.
It’s not mainly to fan controversies and blow them into proportions or merely to gossip around because the people involved are celebrities and high-profile social animals but simply, to objectively present their worlds.
What gives?
‘[G]rounded on limitations, I looked into all possible sources, first, on the cause of Trevor’s death but until now, I haven’t come across reliable wellsprings of accounts on the unfortunate incident.’
GROUNDED ON LIMITATIONS
As an entertainment writer who attempts to investigate the case, albeit superficial or otherwise, grounded on limitations, I looked into all possible sources, first, on the cause of Trevor’s death but until now, I haven’t come across reliable wellsprings of accounts on the unfortunate incident.
The only basic and concrete things about Trevor was his love to Rufa Mae, his giving her diamond rings and marrying her on November 25, 2016 in an exclusive wedding in a posh events hall in Quezon City with the bride already heavy with a child that she gave birth in 2017 and named their daughter Alexandria Athena Magallanes. In the Spring of 2014, Trevor graduated as a Dean’s Lister from the University of San Francisco School of Management.
That the Magallaneses migrated to the US and lived there for years until late last year when showbiz observers noticed that the actress was back in the thick of things in the biz.
DIVORCE ISSUE
Incidentally, Rufa Mae was implicated in an investment scam early this year and an arrest order was served.
A “divorce issue” cropped up as well which Trevor intriguingly posted in his social media pages cryptic messages we quoted the phrase “…that marriage s–t show” from news online accounts.
In the end, no divorce or annulment happened.
What went wrong before and immediately after the pandemic when Trevor would post loving notes to his wife?
Still, there are scarcity of Information.
Even Magallanes’ former boss, Interim Chief Paul Yep of the San Francisco Police Department in California hasn’t included the cause of the death of his ex-subordinate but only to reveal and condole with his family, former colleagues and friends.
Yep, though, has provided us additional background on Trevor like the Film-Am joined the SFPD on September 24, 2018 as member of the 263rd Recruit Academy Class and hence served the communities of the Mission, Tenderloin, Central, and Taraval Districts.
Yep praised Trevor’s performance as dedicated and committed.
According to the officer, Magallanes concluded his service with the Department in February 2023.
When did he become a financial analyst as indicated in his obit?
In a Mabumbe website, Trevor’s date of birth isn’t publicly disclosed although there was a netizen who wrote that the guy was thirty years old. His early life is private and details on his family are scarce.
SOLVING THE JIGSAW PUZZLE
Surfing in his Instagram, though, which is luckily still up, visuals speak louder than voice.
Let semiotics do the talking like photos of Trevor with his daughter he seemed to be the center of his universe; pictures of his family, obviously photographed in the Philippines and US; his stint as a policeman in San Francisco but they aren’t enoughpieces to solve a jigsaw puzzle.