REPORT ON FOUND DEAD BODY
DAPITAN CITY - ON OR ABOUT 7:30 OF JANUARY 6, 2018 AT BRGY GUIMPUTLAN, DAPITAN CITY, A DEAD BODY IDENTIFIED AS FRANCISCO VIDAD BALANAY, 84 YEARS OLD, SINGLE, A RESIDENT OF SAME PLACE WAS FOUND AT THE BANANA GROVE MORE OR LESS 50 METERS AWAY FROM THE VICTIM’S HOUSE. INITIAL INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED DISCLOSED THAT THE VICTIM WAS LAST SEEN AT ABOUT 1:00 PM OF JANUARY 5, 2018 WALKING AND PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF PROPERIO ANDUS TARUC TO FIX A LEAKING WATER PIPELINE BUT FAILED TO RETURN HOME. AT ABOUT 6:30 AM OF JANUARY 6, 2018, THE DEAD BODY OF THE VICTIM WAS FOUND BY REYNALDO ESPE BERNAL, 38 YEARS OLD, MARRIED, A RESIDENT OF SAME PLACE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VICTIM WAS CAUGHT BY A GROUNDED SERVICE DROP WIRE DROOPING MORE OR LESS TWO (2) FEET FROM THE GROUND. THE VICTIM SUSTAINED BURNS ON HIS THIGHS. POST MORTEM EXAMINATION CONDUCTED BY DR ROLITO CATALUÑA DISCLOSED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND NO FOUL PLAY NOTED. THE CADAVER OF THE VICTIM WAS TURNED-OVER TO HIS NEAREST KIN FOR PROPER DISPOSITION. INVESTIGATOR ON CASE IS PO2 NICK QUIMIGING WITH CONTACT NR. 0939-635-5137.
