'SENSELESS'. The body of Chad Booc when it was recovered after an an encounter with troops of the 1001st Infantry Brigade in New Bataan, Davao de Oro on Thursday (Feb. 24, 2022). Booc was arrested in Cebu City last year for alleged trafficking of students from indigenous people's communities but was later ordered released by a local court along with six others. (Photo courtesy of 10ID) MANILA - Chad Booc, the slain activist, teacher, and student recruiter, wrongly believed that armed struggle will bring peace and development. In a letter posted on Facebook on Friday, former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) cadre Ariane Jane Ramos wrote that she never met the 27-year-old Booc but her "heart weeps because we did not have the chance to save you". Booc, a University of the Philippines-Diliman Computer Science cum laude graduate, was killed along with four others in an encounter with military forces in Davao de Oro on February 24. &quo