For relatives of desaparecidos or victims of enforced disappearances during martial law imposed by then-President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972, mourning seemed not to turn easier because the remains of their dear departed have not been found.

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, whose brother Hermon is presumed to be a desaparecido, during a small All Souls’ Day ceremony on Wednesday at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City, said they could not even light a candle in Hermon’s memory because the Lagman family has no idea where the remains of his brother are.