2 bodies discovered; police rule out foul play

TWO dead bodies were discovered in different parts of Cebu City on Saturday, August 13, 2022.Around 3 p.m., operatives of the Mabolo Police Station responded to an alarm that a body of a dead man was found on 1528 Lower Torralba Street in Barangay Apas.Based on the initial investigation of Patrolman Alvic Salimbot, the body belonged to 45-year-old Francisco Dela Cerna, who was renting a room in the area.The other tenants in his boardinghouse noticed a foul smell and reported it to police.When police opened his room, Dela Cerna’s body was already in a state of decomposition.Police believed he died of natural causes and ruled out foul play.A few hours later, operatives of the Carbon Police Station received a call from the Unit 2 building at the Carbon Public Market in Barangy Ermita.Corporal Jan Reynald Oporto said they found the dead body of Mary Lou Jatutillo Buanhug inside her room in Sitio Pig-Vendor in the same barangay.He said the victim originally hailed from Angeles, Pampanga.According to Oporto’s initial investigation, Buanhug was last seen alive on Friday, Aug. 12. A concerned neighbor had bought food for her, but the latter didn’t have an appetite, he said.When the medical team examined Buanhug, she was already dead and her body was in a state of rigor mortis.Oporto said they ruled out foul play. (BBT)