MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato – Police are digging deeper into the alleged suicide of a female aspirant in the forthcoming barangay elections after her relatives suspected a foul play.
Supt. Gilbert Tuzon, Midsayap town police chief, said on Tuesday that investigation is still on going over the death of Juliet Prostrado of Barangay Poblacion 6 here.
Tuzon said Juliet, 48, who filed her candidacy for village councilor on April 17, was reportedly found by her husband Joseph lifeless inside their home on April 20.
Joseph, 48, immediately sought for help and neighbors rushed in, but they found Juliet’s lifeless body already on the floor. They told police that before the incident, they noticed the radio and television sets were in full volume and that the couple was engaged in heated argument.
The neighbors also told police investigators that they overheard the couple regularly arguing over the man’s alleged infidelity.
Relatives who doubted Juliet’s manner of death also claimed that the couple had been quarreling after she found him to have an illicit affair with another woman.
Tuzon said when police arrived at the crime scene, it was “already contaminated,” and suspect there was foul play in Juliet’s supposed death.
Tuzon said the couple was already considered “estranged” after she caught him having an illicit affair with another woman.
“Most of the time she was castigated physically and emotionally,” Tuzon said of Juliet. He said the immediate relatives are yet to file a complaint against the husband. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
