Kin of slain wife, daughter to rap husband
MAMBUSAO, Capiz – The family of the mother and daughter killed by a mentally-ill husband recently is determined to file against the suspect before the provincial prosecutor in Roxas City Hall of Justice.
Senior Insp. Igan Ballagan, police chief of Mambausao Police Station, told The News Today (TNT) that the family of the victims signified their intention to file double parricide case against the suspect.
Rodelio Lapso, 32, killed his wife and daughter and later committed suicide but did not die.
It was learned later that the suspect also sexually molested his four-year old daughter as doctors found vaginal laceration on the young victim.
Rodelio hit his wife Marlyn and daughter Roselyn with a piece of wood inside their house causing their death.
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 has a 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.