Tagum City, Davao: A middle- aged man tagged in the robbery and brutal killing of a 37-year-old wife of a Japanese national at Barangay Visayan Village, Tagum City is now under the custody of police authorities.
Tagum City police chief Chief Insp. Dario Gunabe said suspect Rex Roger Sabio, 30, brother-in-law of the victim Elizabeth Consina, and a resident of Maco, Compostela Valley Province, surrendered to the authorities last May 27.
Gunabe said Sabio had called the Tagum City Police Station requesting them to fetch him in Zamboanga City since he wanted to surrender but he feared for his life.
He said Sabio told police investigators that he had nothing to do with the crime and he gave up to clear his name.
But Gunabe said there were witnesses pointing to him as responsible in the death of Elizabeth Consino of Block 14, Lot 20, Villa Paraisao Subdivision, Barangay Visayan Village, Tagum City.
Police record showed that on May 24, three armed men barged into the victim's residence around 1 a.m. and then hogtied the victim and her children.
The woman and the children along with the victim's brother Edcel Consino were placed at the dressing room and the suspects seized all the cash and valuables of the victim.
After taking away the loot, one of the suspects banged Elizabeth's head against the wall causing her death. - Philippine News Agency
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