Magalona Home Robbed During Francis M.'s Wake

Buried in this ABS-CBN story about unauthorized Francis M. tribute shows is this appalling tidbit:

Pia also confirmed reports that thieves broke into their house during the wake of Francis.

She said that it happened for two consecutive nights. She said that on the first night, things of her youngest child like PSP, laptop and cellular phone were taken.

On the second night her cellular phone, Francis' PSP and things of her other son were robbed.

I am thankful that Ms. Pia had the wit not to invoke that old trope about "pinaglalaruan lang sila ng patay." I'm certain that many of you, myself included, would have stories about losing personal effects at around the time of a loved one's death. Still, the assumption of the more logical reason by the Magalona family is refreshing, especially in the annals of local showbiz reporting.