Ted Failon's wife, Trinidad Etong succumbs to Cranial Injury

[aduy]

MANILA, Philippines - Trina Arteche Etong, the wife of news anchor Ted Failon has passed away, about 20 minutes after doctors tried to revive her, radio dzMM's vice president for Manila division Peter Musngi reported Thursday night.

The 45-year-old Etong sustained wound in the head in a shooting incident that is being investigated by police.

Etong was brought to the New Era General Hospital in Quezon City at about 11 a.m., Wednesday. She stayed at the hospital's Intensive Care Unit and died there minutes before 9 p.m., Thursday.

Failon and Etong's relatives were seen crying while two doctors and four nurses were trying to revive Trinidad whose blood pressure had continued dropping minutes before she died.

New Era's Dr. Adonis Gascon, a neurosurgeon, said Etong was pronounced dead at 8:50 p.m.

“The immediate cause of death is penetrating cranial missile injury and then disseminated intravascular coagulation, and subsequent multi-organ failure," Gascon told radio dzBB.

A separate radio report said Failon and Etong's relatives broke into tears after learning about Trinidad's death. An ABS-CBN report also said that the younger daughter of Failon have yet to learn about Etong's death.

Musngi described the mood inside the ICU when the doctors declared Trinidad’s death.

“Andito si Ted at ang kanyang anak na si Kaye [older daughter]. Hindi tumitigil ang pag-iyak ni Ted. So far napakalungkot ng pangyayari dito sa ICU [Ted and daughter Kaye were here. Ted could not stop crying. So far, there is a very sad mood here at the ICU]," Musngi said.

“After mga 20 minutes na pagpupumilit ng mga doctor at iba pang medical staff na i-revive si Trina ay tinigilan na nila. Tinaggal na ang mga intravenous device [After 20 minutes of trying to revive Trina, the doctors and the medical staff gave up. The intravenous devices had already been taken out of her]," he added

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

what will happen to the 3 househelpers and their driver plus the brother and sister of trina whom the police have arrested for alleged obstruction of justice now that trina is dead?

[aduy]

The police official was referring to Failon’s driver and housemaids’ cleaning up the bloody mess produced by the shooting.

Police said four members of the Failon household and even Failon himself could be charged with violation of Presidential Decree 1829, or obstruction of justice.

The housemaids and the driver said they cleaned up Failon’s vehicle and bathroom on their own volition and for fear that Failon’s young daughter might see blood in the house.

Please follow this link for complete details:  

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/157373/Failon-case-Bullet-trajectory-casts-doubt-on-suicide-try-angle

[Raquelproud boholana]

Too sad. The housemaids and driver must have no idea that this type of case need more thorough investigation.  Blood spatter,gun residue, etc. is most needed for forensic evidence. They sure destroy the most important evidence.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

based on television footages, QC police seems to be harassing the whole family. you can see that they forcibly drag people to police mobiles. pull people from rooms and so on and they keep on saying that they committed lapses and that they committed obstruction of justice for tampering evidence. the househelps and driver were picked up without reading miranda rights.
let's just wait and see what's the outcome of this case as an apparent suicide turn into a real drama and politics came into the picture once again.

[kiris]

 and all of them were arrested without warrants.

[benelynne]

It seems surreal to see an all-too-familiar face delivering the news all of a sudden becoming the news himself.

Murag gipistahan man sa QC pulis ang trahedya sa pamilya ni Failon, kay sige man maigo sila sa balita sa Channel 2 nga si Ted ang anchor. It's sad to see Ted, who confronts the police with fearlessly hard-hitting questions in other crimes in the news, now crumbling in the midst of a personal tragedy. Dapat di na lang QC police ang ipa-handle sa investigation kay murag kulang sa objectivity ug impartiality, tungod kay bag-o ra sila gitira sa ABS-CBN about the raw footage of gunning incident involving alleged carnappers in Edsa.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

and all of them were arrested without warrants.

ang tubag sa police kay part pa sa hot pursuit operation. so meaning suspect sila tanan pero ang gikaso, obstruction of justice. ka way clear aning mga police. kahibaw pa ba kaha ni sa pamalaud ang mga police ug nagbuot buot nalang ni sila?

[kiris]

they also lack respect because they arrested the siblings of mrs. etong when she was still at the ICU. na unsa naman tawon na QC police? paspas man toud ilang action pero palpak pud.

[aduy]

gedumtan lang cguro si Ted kay banat man siya og mabalita labina kadtong Edsa shootout maong giing-ana iya pamilya. looy baya sad sila

[benelynne]

Whether suicide or homicide--although I personally believe this is very likely suicide--the cause is money problem.

"Global crisis" used to be just statistics and the tough reality of seeing our own wallets depleted. But with this tragedy, "global crisis" now has a human face in Trina Etong, bathed in bloody red, and in Ted Failon, helplessly hiding in a red cap.

Very likely, Part 2 of this unfolding story will be the "money problem." I can almost smell the blood and paper trail. With Noli in the picture, wa kahay sumpay ang istorya ani sa Legacy? Whatever, it seems a demolition bulldozer will soon ruin political ambitions of those who have their sights set on 2010, including those of Ted himself and buddy Noli.

[aduy]

balita dito mayron daw third party kaya nagsuicide ang asawa niya.

[swakee]

wawart kono ang probs kaya nag-suicide si mrs kay ambot ug giunsa niya ang kuarta, nagool daw ug mahibaw-an ni Ted

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

1M more or less ang nawala nga family money.

[swakee]

gi-unsa kaha niya nga kadaku anang kantidara nga nawala?

[aduy]

lain man ang niabot nga balita diri kay bukod sa financial problem naa pa jud kono third party.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

basin sakto. ang kwarta nawaldas tungod sa 3rd party

[aduy]

mao sad kay nganong dili man niya ikasulti kay Ted og unsay iyang problema.

[lumine]

makalagot tan-awon ang QC police na basta na lang nila pamirahon ang mga relatives ni trina.

[hofelina]

Is the QC police forces not capable of acting professionally?
Pirmi na lang kita mahimong kataw-anan sa gawas.

[aduy]

looy tan-awon sa tv mura sila og criminal najod, gipangguyod man lang

[grazie7y]

I don't think there's a third party involved. The day before Mrs. Etong allegedly committed suicide, they were discussing about household bills.  Ted was asking his wife a list of expenses from helpers' wages to electricity bill.  You see, no matter how famous they are, they also have problems like normal people do.

The morning Mrs. Etong allegedly committed suicide, Ted Failon was on board.  He was supposed to meet his wife somewhere to discuss their problems after his program at 10:30 a.m..  He kept calling but the wife didn't answer so he left work about 15 minutes before his program was supposed to end.  When he checked their bedroom, she wasn't there.  When he checked the bedroom of one of his daughters, the bathroom was locked so he asked the househelpers to get the key and when they opened, Mrs. Etong was already bath in her own blood. 

Ted Failon didn't report right away what happened as he took his wounded wife to the hospital.  I guess he didn't want to report it right away to avoid media frenzy.

I saw in the video how the Pamela, the sister of Mrs. Etong was arrested and when her brother tried to shield Pamela, he too was handcuffed.  There were lots of screaming.  They were like criminals rounded up by the QC police officers.  I think it was so inhumane of the police m since the siblings said they didn't want to leave their dying sister. And there was no case or warrant to arrest at that time.

Mrs. Etong died while her sisters and brother was in police custody.  Paita jud oi! It was so heartbreaking to see how Failon's family was violated. I can understand why he was angry and sad at the same time. 

How could Ted Failon's wife do this to her children and husband and family, it's just beyond me.   

[grazie7y]

interview of Ted Failon's daughter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u9mDenb64w&feature=response_watch

[aduy]

There is a rumor here in the Middle East that there is a third party involved. kung pera lang kasi ang problema bakit ndi nya masabi sa asawa niya at tsaka bakit sinabi niya sa sulat na ndi nya kayang sabihin sa asawa niya ang naging problema. 

[hofelina]

Aduy, if you have loved ones, and you have a pressing problem,  it is hard to share it with them. So as to spare them of the agony and shame you just lived it alone.
Uwaw ug kaikog, busa daghang mag pinotong, putlan ang kaugalingong kinabuhi aron matapos na ang tanan.

[aduy]

mao lagi ang balita diri ambot og unsa na katinuod. hahaiz, pag-ibig hahamakin lahat.

[swakee]

kinsa man kintahay ang naay "oder"?

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

si trina ang naay other matud pa sa mga hungihong.

[aduy]

mao sad balita diri maong nagpakamatay at di kaya isulti sa iyang asawa ang probs

[glacier_71]

di na kaya nang damdamin diay kintahay kini...