Mentally ill man kills wife, daughter
MAMBUSAO, Capiz – Another mentally ill man killed his wife and daughter and later committed suicide but did not die last Thursday, September 24,in Sitio Malogo, Brgy. Batiano, this town.
It was learned later that the suspect also sexually molested his four-year old daughter as doctor’s found vaginal laceration on the young victim.
Victims were identified as Marlyn Lapso, 30, and daughter Roselyn. They were beaten by Rodelio, 32, using a piece of wood (kustonera) while inside their house.
They were rushed to the Mambusao District Hospital but declared dead on arrival by attending physicians.
Delia Laguda of Sitio Cabianga, Brgy. Baye, told Mambusao police that she heard somebody shouting for help near the house of Mariana Laguda of same place, and when she verified, she saw Erlinda Lapso, 66, carrying her granddaughter Roselyn.
Erlinda revealed that upon arrival at the couple’s house, she saw Marlyn lying on the bed full of blood and being hugged by the suspect.
The suspect denied raping his daughter but admitted he fingered her vagina.
Marita Laguda, 48, of Duyok, Dao, Capiz and aunt of the suspect told The News Today that her nephew hasa history of mental disorder. He went to Manila several years ago and after that became insane.
Reportedly, days before the incident, he fetched his wife and daughter to Duyoc, Dao, Capiz and cried. He tried to commit suicide by stabbing himself.
Upon knowing of her wife Marlyn, she came back to their house in Mambusao and settled their differences however, the incident took place.
The suspect was out of the hospital and detained at the lock up cell of Mambusao police station.
This is the second incident for this month where a mentally-ill kills family members here in the province of Capiz. The first one was in Linampungan, Pontevedra, Capiz where son Fernand de la Vega axed his mother Editha de la Vega, 66, and father Federico, 56, and cooked his father’s head.