BACOLOD CITY – A 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was set to return abroad next week was allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous live-in partner in Hacienda Paz, Barangay Canlandog, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 16.
POLICE investigate a stabbing incident involving a 32-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was set to leave for abroad next week in Barangay Canlandog, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Oct. 16. (Photo courtesy of Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office)
Police Major Sherwin Fernandez, Murcia police chief, said the couple figured in a heated argument at home on Tuesday night, Oct. 15.
Their altercation continued the following day, when the 39-year-old suspect went berserk and stabbed the victim multiple times with a screw driver.
Her 58-year-old mother tried to pacify them but she was also stabbed by the suspect in the right leg.
The victim was taken to a hospital here where she was declared dead.
Fernandez said the couple would often argue because of the suspect’s jealousy.
The suspect fled and was arrested in a sugarcane field. He faces a murder case. The murder weapon was recovered from the suspect.