Jealous husband strangles wife to death
ROXAS CITY – A jealous husband, who caught in the act his wife about to make love with another man, strangled the latter to death in an abandoned house Saturday night in Mambusao town.
Floresco Luz, 50, of Brgy. Pinay, Mambusao, Capiz killed his wife Maria Anabel Luz, 48 of the same place by choking and hitting her with a hard object. The husband voluntarily surrendered to the police.
The incident took place on Saturday night last week when the suspect and his wife were having a drinking spree with friends. He said that his wife asked to go ahead but he followed her without her knowledge.
Luz told the police that he already suspected his wife having an illicit affair with another man for about one and a half years now but he has no evidence.
He said that when he caught his wife, her paramour hurriedly escaped and left his wife.
According to the suspect, a heated argument ensued between them and because of his anger he strangled his wife for about ten minutes and left her.
The following day, a neighbor informed him that his wife was found dead in an abandoned house. The suspect, at first, did not admit the crime.
The couple was both widows for four years before they decided to get married. They each have children from their previous marriages.
The suspect, who is presently detained at Mambusao police station, asked for forgiveness from the family of Maria.
The suspect will be facing a parricide case to be filed by Maria’s family before the provincial prosecutor here.