PHILIPPINES - On January 30, 2019, 35-year-old M.P.P. was found beaten to death at Sitio Lenek, Barangay Digal, Buluan, Maguindanao. Here's the full story I translated from Tagalog:
NEWS UPDATE!!!
WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN BULUAN IS IDENTIFIED
BULUAN, MAGUINDANAO - Buluan PNP (Philippine National Police) is continuing their investigation regarding a woman who was found dead at 9:20 AM [on January 30, 2019] at Sitio Lenek, Barangay Digal, Buluan, Maguindanao.
In an exclusive interview with SPO3 Javier Alibas, OIC (Officer-in-Charge) Chief of Police of Buluan PNP, he stated that the victim is identified as M.P.P., 35 years old, widow, working at a videoke house in the municipality of President Quirino and resident of Barangay Poblacion, Tulunan, North Cotabato, this is based on the details of the victim.
According to SPO3 Alibas, several employees found her dead body at a banana plantation, therefore they alerted the police.
It is likely that blunt trauma using a hard object to the head caused victim's death.
As of now, the victim's dead body is currently laid at a funeral home in the municipality of Tulunan, and no families have claimed the dead body so far.