Probably more afraid of the people associated with the victims. The police could still be paid off, but the people associated with the victims are definitely (rightly or wrongly) after blood.
ganun na nga bro...masakit sa isang ama mamatayan ng isang anak...
anak mamatayan ng ama o ina, me tawag jan....ulila...
asawa mamatayan, biyudo o biyuda...
pero mamatayan ng anak.....