The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Jan. 16, that it is working together with the Philippine Embassy in Vienna to repatriate the remains of Marvil Facturan Kocjančič, a Filipina who was allegedly stabbed to death by her Slovenian husband.
(Mitja Kocjančič and Marvil Facturan/Facebook)
“The Philippine Government condemns the tragic incident that caused the demise of a Filipino citizen in Slovenia, and expresses its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family here in the Philippines,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement.
According to the DFA, the Philippine Embassy in Vienna and other related agencies are “working with Slovenian authorities for the immediate shipment of her remains to the Philippines upon completion of all requisite forensic processes.”
Kocjančič is a marriage migrant, who met her husband, Mitja Kocjančič, in February 2024 and married him when the latter visited the Philippines in July.
The Filipina traveled to Slovenia on Dec. 22 but on Dec. 29, a week into her new life in the central European country, her mother received a call from the Austrian Embassy saying that her daughter had died.
Reports said the Filipina was on a vacation with her husband in Bled, Slovenia when the incident happened.
DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said on Tuesday, Jan. 14, in an interview on Teleradyo that the only information they received was that the couple had fought and that the Filipina died of stab wounds.